INSTRUCTIONS 


RELATIVE  TO  THE 


Duties  of  Officers  and  Voters 

AS  REQUIRED  BY 

“An  Act  to  Regulate  Elections” 

(Revision  of  1898), 

Approved  April  4th,  1898, 


AND  THE  SUPPLEMENTS  THERETO. 


Compiled  and  Printed 

Under  the  Direction  of  the  Secretary  of  State , 


The  references  in  the  body  of  this  pamphlet  are  to  sections 
of  the  printed  compilation  of  the  Law,  issued  by 
the  Department  of  State  in  1899,  the  text  of 
which  is  in  all  cases  to  be  consulted. 


TRENTON,  N.  J.: 

The  John  L.  Murphy  Publishing  Co.,  Printers, 
1899. 


Chronological  Index 

Of  Duties  Relating  to  the  Election  on  November  7th,  1899. 


Month  of  June,  1899. — The  chairman  of  the  state  committee  of 
each  of  the  two  largest  political  parties  may  nominate  one  member 
of  his  own  party  in  each  county  as  a  member  of  the  county  board  of 
elections  for  such  county.  Section  13. 

Month  of  July,  1899.— Two  members  of  the  county  board  of 
elections,  one  from  each  of  the  two  largest  political  parties,  should  be 
appointed  during  this  month  for  each  county  by  the  governor.  The 
board  consists  of  four  persons,  two  from  each  of  the  two  largest  politi¬ 
cal  parties.  Section  13. 

August  1st,  1899. — The  term  of  office  of  the  two  members  of  the 
^county  board  of  elections  appointed  in  July,  1899,  will  begin  August 
1st,  1899,  and  expire  August  1st,  1901.  The  term  of  two  of  the  mem¬ 
bers  appointed  in  July,  1898,  will  expire  August  1st,  1900.  The  county 
board  shall  have  an  office  in  the  county  court-house,  or  in  some  build¬ 
ing  as  near  to  it  as  possible.  Section  13. 

August  1st  to  10th,  1899.— At  10  o’clock  a.  m.,  on  the  first  Tues¬ 
day  of  August  (August  1st,  1899),  or  on  such  other  day  as  they  may 
agree  on  within  the  first  ten  days  of  August,  the  county  board  of  elec¬ 
tions  should  meet  at  the  county  court-house  and  organize.  Section  11/,. 
Before  entering  upon  the  performance  of  their  duties  they  shall  take 
and  subscribe  an  official  oath  or  affirmation  and  forward  it  to  the 
■county  clerk.  Section  16. 

August  1st  to  September  1st,  1899.— Between  these  dates,  in 
every  year  wherein  electors  of  President  and  Vice  President,  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  a  Governor,  or  Senator  for  any 
county,  or  any  of  them,  are  to  be  elected,  the  Secretary  of  State  shall 
deliver  to  the  clerk  of  every  county  wherein  such  election  is  to  be 
held  a  notice  stating  that  such  officer  or  officers  are  to  be  elected  at 
the  ensuing  election;  the  clerk  of  such  county  shall,  within  fifteen 
days  after  the  receipt  of  the  notice,  deliver  a  certified  copy  of  such 
notice  to  each  township  and  municipal  clerk  in  his  county.  Section  5. 
Between  the  same  dates  in  every  county  wherein  a  sheriff,  coroner, 
clerk,  register  of  deeds  or  surrogate  is  to  be  elected,  the  county  clerk 
.shall  deliver  a  notice  that  such  officer  or  officers  will  be  elected  to  each 
township  and  municipal  clerk  in  his  county.  Section  6. 


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August  11th  to  20th,  1899. — After  August  10th,  and  not  later 
than  August  20th,  the  chairman  of  the  county  committee  of  each  of 
the  two  largest  political  parties  may  nominate  members  for  the  board* 
of  registry  and  election  for  the  several  election  districts  of  the  county. 
Section  15. 

August  21st,  1899. — If  the  chairman  of  the  county  committee 
of  either  of  the  two  largest  political  parties  has  neglected  to  make 
such  nominations  as  above  mentioned,  the  county  board  of  elections- 
should,  on  this  date,  notify  him  of  such  fact,  that  he  may  make  the 
nominations  on  or  before  September  1st,  1899.  Section  15. 

September  1st  to  10th,  1899.— Between  these  dates  the  county 
board  of  elections  should  appoint  the  boards  of  registry  and  election' 
for  the  respective  election  districts  of  the  county.  Section  15. 

September  11th,  1899. — The  terms  of  office  of  the  members  of 
the  district  board  of  registry  and  election  shall  begin  September  11th 
of  each  year,  and  expire  on  September  10th  of  the  following  year,  or 
when  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.  Section  17.  They 
should  take  the  official  oath  before  performing  any  duty,  and  forward 
it  to  the  county  clerk.  Section  16. 

September  26th,  1899.— On  or  before  this  date  the  county 
board  of  elections  should  publish  notices  of  the  meetings  of  the 
boards  of  registry  and  election  in  such  newspapers,  not  exceeding  six 
in  all,  as  the  said  board  shall  designate.  Section  20. 

October  2d,  1899.— On  or  before  this  date,  boards  of  registry 
and  election  in  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants  should  have 
obtained  register-books,  &c.,  from  the  county  clerk.  On  this  day  it 
would  also  be  proper  for  the  county  board  of  elections  to  meet  for 
the  purpose  of  filling  any  vacancies  that  may  exist  in  any  of  the  dis. 
trict  boards  of  registry  and  election  for  such  cities.  Oa  or  before  this 
date,  the  municipal  clerks  in  every  city  having  over  40,000  inhabitants- 
should  have  secured  election-rooms  for  the  respective  districts  in  the 
city,  and  notified  the  respective  boards  of  registry  and  election  of  their 
location.  Sections  21,  8. 

October  3d,  1899. — In  each  city  having  over  40,000  inhabitants- 
the  district  boards  of  registry  and  election  are  required  to  be  in 
session  on  Tuesday  five  weeks  next  preceding  the  election  (October 
3d,  1899),  from  1  to  9  o’clock  p.  m.,  for  the  purpose  of  registering 
voters.  Section  21. 

October  4th,  1899. — Each  of  the  clerks  of  election  in  cities 
having  over  40,000  inhabitants,  shall,  on  this  date,  post,  in  hand-bill 
form,  in  some  conspicuous  place,  a  copy  of  the  register  made  up  the- 
day  before.  As  each  clerk  is  required  to  post  a  copy,  it  follows  that 
two  copies  must  be  posted.  Section  21. 


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October  9th,  1899.— On  or  before  this  date,  the  township  and 
municipal  clerks  (excepting  in  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants) 
should  have  secured  an  election-room  for  each  election  district  in 
their  respective  townships  and  municipalities,  and  notified  the 
boards  of  registry  and  election  of  their  location.  Sections  23,  8. 
On  or  before  this  date,  the  boards  of  registry  and  election  (except¬ 
ing  in  cities  having  over  40, COO  inhabitants)  should  have  obtained 
canvassing-books,  registry-books,  &c.,  from  the  county  clerk.  On  this 
date  the  county  board  of  elections  may  meet  to  fill  vacancies  in  such 
boards  of  registry  and  election,  and  also  in  boards  of  registry  and  elec¬ 
tion  for  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants. 

October  9th  to  30th,  1899.— Within  these  dates  the  township 
and  municipal  clerks  should  post  notices  in  at  least  five  of  the  most 
public  places  in  each  township  and  municipality  of  the  time,  place 
and  purpose  of  the  election  and  the  office  or  offices  to  be  filled  thereat. 
Section  7. 

October  10th,  1899.— On  this  date  the  boards  of  registry  and 
election  in  districts  outside  of  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants 
have  their  first  meeting,  and  should  then  proceed  to  make  a  house- 
to-house  canvass,  completing  it  on  or  before  Friday,  October  13th. 
Section  23. 

On  the  same  date  the  boards  of  registry  and  election  in  cities  hav¬ 
ing  over  40,000  inhabitants  should  hold  their  second  meeting,  from  1 
to  9  o’clock  p.  m  ,  for  the  purpose  of  revising  and  correcting  their 
-registers.  Section  22. 

October  16th,  1899. — On  this  date  the  county  board  of  elections 
may  meet  to  fill  any  vacancies  that  may  exist  in  any  of  the  boards  of 
registry  and  election  for  districts  outside  of  cities  having  over  40,000 
inhabitants. 

October  17th,  1899. — On  this  date  the  boards  of  registry  and 
election  outside  of  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants  should  meet 
at  10  o’clock  a.  m.,  and  continue  in  session  until  9  o’clock  p.  m.  (taking 
a  recess  if  they  desire  from  1  to  2  o’clock  p.  m.),  to  make  up  their 
registers  from  the  canvassing- books.  Section  23. 

October  18th,  1899  — On  this  date,  in  each  district  outside  of 
•cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants,  a  correct  list  of  the  names 
entered  on  the  registers,  with  residences  and  street  numbers,  if  any, 
shall  be  posted  by  each  of  the  clerks  in  hand-bill  form  in  some  con¬ 
spicuous  public  place  within  the  election  district.  Section  2 4. 

On  or  before  this  date  all  certificates  and  petitions  naming  candi¬ 
dates  for  office  to  be  filled  by  voters  of  the  entire  State,  or  of  any 
Congressional  district,  or  of  any  political  division  greater  than  a 
single  county,  shall  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  State.  Section  4 2 . 


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October  23d,  1899. — The  county  board  of  elections  may  meefc 
on  this  date  to  fill  any  vacancies  that  may  exist  in  any  of  the  boards- 
of  registry  and  election  in  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants. 

October  24th,  1899. — On  this  date  the  boards  of  registry  and’ 
election  in  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants  shall  have  their  final 
meeting  from  1  to  9  o’clock  p.  m.,  for  the  revision  and  correction  of 
registers.  Section  22 

October  25th,  1899  — On  this  date  in  each  district  within  cities 
having  over  40,000  inhabitants,  one  copy  of  the  completed  register 
shall  be  posted  at  the  place  of  registry  for  public  inspection,  and  one 
copy  delivered  to  the  county  board  of  elections,  and  one  copy  retained 
by  the  judge  of  election  for  use  by  the  district  board  on  the  day  of 
election.  Section  22. 

October  28th,  1899.— On  or  before  this  date  all  certificates  and 
petitions  naming  candidates  to  be  voted  for  by  all  the  voters  of  a 
single  county,  or  more  than  a  single  political  division  thereof,  or 
where  the  candidates  are  to  be  voted  for  upon  the  county  ticket, 
shall  be  filed  with  the  county  clerk.  Section  Jj,2. 

On  or  before  the  same  date  the  Secretary  of  State  should  certify  to 
county  clerks  the  names  of  candidates  nominated  by  certificate  or 
petition  filed  in  his  office.  Section  1}3. 

October  30th,  1899. — The  county  board  of  elections  may  meet 
on  this  date  to  fill  any  vacancies  that  may  exist  in  any  of  the  boards 
of  registry  and  election  for  districts  outside  of  cities  having  over 
40,000  inhabitants. 

October  31st,  1899. — On  this  date  boards  of  registry  and  elec¬ 
tion,  outside  of  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants,  have  their  final 
meeting  from  1  until  9  o’clock  p.  m.,  for  the  revision  and  correction 
of  registers.  Section  21}.  On  or  before  this  date  orders  for  official  bal¬ 
lots  may  be  given  by  duly  qualified  voters  to  the  county  clerk.  Sec¬ 
tion  56. 

November  1st,  1899.— On  or  before  this  date  the  judges  of  the 
boards  of  registry  and  election  should  deliver  to  the  county  board  of 
elections  all  affidavits  made  before  them  on  the  registering  of  voters 
and  take  a  receipt  from  the  county  board  for  the  same.  Section  32. 

On  this  date  a  copy  of  the  completed  register  made  by  each  board 
of  registry  and  election,  outside  of  cities  having  over  40,00  inhabi¬ 
tants,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  chairman  of  the  county  board  of 
elections.  Section  21}. 

November  2d,  1899.— On  or  before  this  date  a  copy  of  the  com¬ 
pleted  register  made  on  October  31st,  in  each  district  outside  of  cities- 
having  over  40,000  inhabitants,  duly  certified,  shall  be  filed  with  the 
clerk  of  the  township,  city  or  other  municipality  within  which  such 
election  district  is  situated.  Section  21}. 


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On  or  before  this  date  all  official  ballots  shall  be  printed  and  in  the 
possession  of  the  county  clerk,  where  the  same  shall  be  subject  to 
inspection  and  examination  by  candidates  and  their  agents.  Sec¬ 
tion  53. 

On  or  before  this  date  all  papers  appointing  agents  or  challengers 
shall  be  filed  with  the  county  board  of  elections,  who  shall  thereupon 
issue  to  such  agents  or  challengers  the  permits  prescribed  by  law. 
Section  63. 

On  this  date  the  county  board  of  elections  shall  sit,  at  their  office* 
from  8  o’clock  a.  m.  until  5  o’clock  p.  m.,  for  the  purpose  of  adding 
names  to  and  erasing  names  from  the  registers  of  voters.  Section  25, 

November  3d,  1899. — On  or  before  this  date  the  county  clerk 
shall  have  ready  for  delivery  all  official  ballots  to  the  persons  who 
may  have  ordered  and  paid  for  the  same.  Section  56. 

November  4th,  1899.— On  this  date  the  county  clerk  should 
deliver  the  proper  quantity  of  official  envelopes  and  ballots  to  each 
of  the  township  and  municipal  clerks  of  his  county.  Section  54. 

On  this  date  the  county  board  of  elections  shall  hold  their  final 
meeting  at  their  office,  from  8  o’clock  a.  m.  until  5  o’clock  p.  m.,  for 
the  purpose  of  adding  names  to  and  erasing  names  from  the  reg¬ 
isters  of  voters.  Section  25. 

November  6th,  1899. — On  this  date  the  township  and  municipal 
clerks  should  deliver  ballots  and  envelopes  to  the  clerks  of  the  respec¬ 
tive  boards  of  registry  and  election.  Section  51+. 

On  or  before  this  date  the  township  or  municipal  clerks  should 
have  fitted  up  the  election-rooms  with  booths,  &c.  Section  78. 

On  this  date  the  county  boards  of  elections  may  meet  to  fill  any 
vacancies  existing  in  any  of  the  boards  of  registry  and  election. 

November  7th,  1899.— Election  Day.— Polls  open  from  6 
o’clock  A.  m.  to  7  o’clock  p.  m.  Section  1+.  Any  vacancy  in  any  board 
of  registry  and  election  occurring  on  election  day  shall  be  filled  by 
the  member  of  the  board  of  the  same  political  party  as  the  member 
whose  place  has  become  vacant,  which  appointment  should  be  imme¬ 
diately  reported  to  the  county  board  of  elections.  Section  17.  Ballots 
and  envelopes  should  be  delivered  by  the  clerks  of  election  to  the 
board  of  registry  and  election.  Section  51+  Agents  or  challengers 
should  file  their  permits  with  the  board  of  registry  and  election. 
Section  63.  The  board  should  supply  each  booth  with  ballots  and 
lead  pencils.  Section  78.  After  the  polls  are  closed  and  the  canvass 
of  votes  completed,  all  ballots  which  have  been  cast,  whether  esti¬ 
mated  and  canvassed  or  rejected,  and  the  poll-list,  tally  papers,  and 
all  spoiled  and  unused  evelopes  should  be  placed  in  the  ballot-box, 
which  should  be  locked  and  sealed  and  delivered  to  the  proper  cus¬ 
todian  thereof.  Section  99. 


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November  8th,  1899. — On  this  date  the  checked  register  used 
at  the  election  should  be  filed,  and  the  ballot-box  keys  deposited  with 
the  county  clerk.  Section  67.  All  certificates  of  removal  delivered 
on  election  day  to  the  board  of  registry  and  election  should  be 
attached  to  the  checked  register,  and  also  filed  with  the  county  clerk. 
Section  36. 

November  10th,  1899. — The  county  board  of  elections  will  meet 
on  this  date,  at  12  o’clock  noon,  at  the  court-house  of  the  county,  to 
discharge  their  duties  as  a  county  board  of  canvassers.  Sections  102 
to  117. 


Instructions  Relative  to  the  Duties  of 
Officers  and  Voters. 


I.  GENERAL  AND  LOCAL  ELECTIONS. 

The  general  election  is  held  annually  on  Tuesday  next  after  the 
first  Monday  in  November.  Section  1.  All  municipal,  local  or 
charter  elections  are  held  on  the  days  heretofore  fixed  by  law. 
Section  2. 


II.  THE  GOVERNOR. 

The  Governor  shall  appoint  two  members  of  the  county  boards  of 
registration,  annually,  upon  the  nomination,  if  made  within  the 
month  of  June,  of  the  chairmen  of  the  State  committees  of  the  two 
political  parties.  If  the  chairmen  fail  to  nominate,  the  Governor 
shall  appoint  men  of  his  own  selection.  The  appointment  is  made  in 
the  month  of  July  in  each  year.  Section  13. 

In  case  of  the  death  or  disability  of  any  member  of  a  county  board 
of  registration,  the  Governor  shall  cause  notice  of  such  death  or 
disability  to  be  given  to  the  chairman  of  the  proper  political  party. 
Section  13. 

The  Governor  shall  be  chairman  of  the  State  board  of  canvassers. 
Section  119. 

In  case  of  contest  of  election  of  Governor,  the  matter  is  tried  and 
determined  before  a  committee  of  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly. 
Sections  141  to  152. 


III.  THE  SECRETARY  OF  STATE. 

The  Secretary  of  State,  at  least  ten  days  before  the  election,  shall 
make  and  certify  to  the  county  clerks  of  the  several  counties  a  state¬ 
ment  of  all  the  candidates  nominated  in  any  certificate  or  petition 
filed  with  him ;  and  also  of  the  names  of  the  candidates  for  Presi¬ 
dent  and  Vice  President  of  the  United  States,  if  any  such  have  been 
included,  &c.  Section  43.  (See  Form  No.  4-)  He  shall  also  certify  to 
the  county  clerks  the  names  of  candidates  nominated  to  fill  vacan¬ 
cies.  Section  4$- 


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He  shall,  when  a  candidate  declines  a  nomination,  forthwith  notify 
the  chairman  and  secretary  of  the  party  convention,  or  five  persons^ 
who  signed  a  petition  nominating  a  candidate,  of  the  declination. 
Section 

He  shall  pass  upon  the  validity  of  a  certificate  of  nomination,  when 
objection  is  raised  to  it,  unless  an  order  therein  shall  be  made  by  a 
court.  Section  46. 

In  case  of  party  division  and  claim  by  two  or  more  factions  to  the 
same  party  name  or  title,  he  shall  give  preference  thereof  to  the  con¬ 
vention  or  nominating  body  held  at  the  time  and  place  designated 
in  the  authorized  call ;  in  case  of  failure  of  the  other  faction  to  pre¬ 
sent  a  name  or  title,  he  shall  select  one  to  be  placed  at  the  head  of 
the  official  ballot.  In  cases  where  two  or  more  conventions  are 
called,  each  claiming  to  be  regular,  he  shall  select  names  or  titles  to 
distinguish  the  several  factions.  Section  4-0 

In  all  cases  where  the  county  clerk  is  required  to  furnish  official 
ballots,  he  shall  provide  canvassing,  poll,  registry  and  instruction- 
books  for  officers  and  voters,  and  blanks  for  official  oaths  and  election 
returns.  Section  61. 

Between  August  1st  and  September  1st  in  every  year  wherein 
electors  of  President  and  Vice  President,  members  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  a  Governor  or  State  Senator,  is  to  be  elected,  he  shall 
notify  the  clerk  of  every  county  wherein  any  such  election  is  to  be 
held,  of  such  election.  Section  5.  (See  Form  No.  1.)  He  shall  file 
election  returns  made  by  election  boards  and  transmitted  to  him  for 
Governor,  and  for  members  of  the  House  of  Representatives  and 
electors  of  President  and  Vice  President  ( Section  96);  also,  the  state¬ 
ments  of  election  received  by  him  from  the  chairman  of  the  county 
board  of  canvassers  ( Section  110),  the  certified  copies  of  determina¬ 
tions  of  county  boards  of  canvassers  received  from  county  clerks 
[Section  lilt),  the  dissents  of  members  of  the  State  board  of  canvassers 
[Section  129),  all  statements  and  copies  of  statements  produced  and 
laid  before  the  State  board  of  canvassers  [Section  128),  and  all  certified 
copies  of  certificates  of  justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  made  on  a  re¬ 
count  of  votes  for  members  of  the  Legislature  and  county  officers. 
Section  160. 

The  Secretary  of  State  shall  obtain  statements  of  election,  which 
have  not  been  sent  to  him  according  to  law,  by  special  messenger,  or 
otherwise,  and  lay  all  statements  before  the  board  of  State  canvassers. 
Section  118.  If  any  such  statement  is  obtained  by  special  messenger, 
he  shall  be  commissioned,  in  writing,  and  shall  exhibit  his  commis¬ 
sion  to  the  person  to  whom  he  shall  apply  for  the  statement.  Section 
124  (See  Form  No.  21.)  He  shall  be  secretary  of  the  State  board  of 
canvassers.  Section  119.  If  he  neglect  to  produce  and  lay  before  the< 


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board  of  State  canvassers  all  statements  of  election,  he  may  be  sum¬ 
moned  so  to  do  by  the  chairman  of  the  board.  Section  125.  He  shall 
deliver  to  each  person  declared  to  be  elected  by  the  State  board  of 
canvassers  a  certified  copy,  under  the  seal  of  the  State,  of  the  determi¬ 
nation  of  the  board.  Section  127. 


IV.  COUNTY  CLERK. 

The  county  clerk  shall  file  in  his  office  the  official  oaths  or  affirma¬ 
tions  of  the  county  board  of  elections  and  of  the  boards  of  registry 
and  election.  Section  16. 

He  shall  pass  upon  the  validity  of  objections  to  certificates  of 
nominations  filed  with  him,  unless  an  order  shall  be  made  in  the 
matter  by  a  court.  Section  1+6.  He  shall  select  name  or  title  in  case 
of  party  division,  or  when  two  or  more  conventions  of  the  same  party 
claim  to  be  regular.  Section  1+0.  When  a  candidate  declines  a  nomi¬ 
nation,  the  clerk  shall  notify  the  party  officials,  or  five  persons  who 
signed  the  petition,  making  the  same.  Section  1*1+.  He  shall,  within 
five  days  before  election,  certify  to  the  Secretary  of  State  all  candi¬ 
dates  for  State  senate  and  general  assembly.  Section  1+2.  (See  Form 
No.  5.) 

He  shall  ascertain,  approximately,  the  number  of  voters  in  a  new 
election  district,  or  when  boundaries  have  been  changed.  Section  50.. 

He  shall  deliver  canvassing,  poll,  registry  and  instruction-books, 
blanks  for  oaths  and  returns,  &c.,  to  the  boards  of  registry  and  elec¬ 
tion.  Section  61. 

He  shall  provide  official  ballots  and  envelopes  ( Section  1+9),  printed 
in  the  manner  and  form  prescribed  ( Sections  50, 51)  and  have  them  in 
his  possession  at  least  five  days  before  the  election.  Section  53. 

He  shall  furnish  for  each  party,  separate  or  independent  organiza¬ 
tion,  a  certain  number  thereof  ( Section  50)  put  up  in  sealed  packages, 
one  for  each  election  district,  marked  and  properly  addressed,  and 
cause  the  same  to  be  delivered  to  the  township,  city  or  municipal 
clerk,  as  designated,  three  days  prior  to  any  election,  and  shall  record 
the  time  when  sent  and  the  manner  of  sending  the  packages,  and 
take  receipt  for  the  same.  Section  51+  He  is  not  required  to  print 
any  name  upon  the  ballot  unless  the  same  was  included  in  a  certifi¬ 
cate  or  petition  filed  at  least  eight  days  before  the  election.  Section/ 
50.  He  shall  not  print  on  the  ballots  the  name  of  any  candidate  who 
fails  to  accept  his  nomination  ( Section  1+2)  nor  the  name  of  any  candi¬ 
date  who  declines  his  nomination.  Section  1+1+.  He  shall  allow  the 
ballots  to  be  inspected  and  examined  by  candidates  and  their  agents,, 
and  when  mistakes  are  discovered  shall  cause  new  ballots  to  be  printed 
without  delay  and  shall  destroy  inaccurate  or  incomplete  ballots- 


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Section  58.  He  shall  furnish  any  voter  with  official  ballots  upon 
notification  in  writing  seven  days  before  election,  and  payment  of  the 
cost  of  printing.  Section  56. 

The  county  clerk,  within  fifteen  days  after  receiving  from  the  Sec¬ 
retary  of  State  notice  of  the  election  of  a  State  Senator,  Governor, 
electors  of  President  and  Vice  President,  or  members  of  the  House 
of  Representatives,  shall  cause  a  certified  copy  of  the  notice  to  be 
delivered  to  the  clerk  of  each  township  and  municipality  in  the 
county.  Section  5.  He  shall  also,  between  August  1st  and  Septem¬ 
ber  1st,  in  each  year,  when  a  sheriff,  coroner,  county  clerk,  register 
of  deeds  or  surrogate  is  to  be  elected,  cause  to  be  delivered  to  each 
township  and  municipal  clerk  in  his  county  a  notice  of  the  election 
of  such  officer.  Section  6.  (See  Form  No.  2.) 

He  shall  be  clerk  of  the  county  board  of  canvassers.  Section  102 . 
Shall  lay  before  such  board  all  statements  of  election  received  by 
him  and  obtain  missing  statements  by  special  messenger,  or  other¬ 
wise.  Sections  103,  106.  Special  messengers,  when  employed,  shall 
be  commissioned,  in  writing,  and  shall  exhibit  their  commissions  to 
the  persons  to  whom  they  shall  apply  for  such  statements.  Section 
121/..  (See  Form  No.  21.)  All  statements  produced  and  laid  before 
the  county  board  of  canvassers  shall  be  filed  by  him.  Section  116. 
He  shall  also  file  the  determination  of  such  board  ( Section  111),  and 
shall  deliver  a  copy  of  such  determination,  certified  under  his  hand 
and  the  county  seal,  to  each  person  declared  to  be  elected  as  State 
Senator,  Assemblyman,  sheriff,  coroner  or  other  county  officer.  Sec¬ 
tion  114 .  He  shall  also  send  a  similar  certified  copy  to  the  Secretary 
of  State  within  five  days  after  the  meeting  of  the  board.  Section  114 . 
He  shall  also  file  the  certificate  of  any  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
made  on  a  recount  of  votes,  and  send  a  certified  copy  thereof  to  the 
Secretary  of  State  within  five  days,  and  deliver  a  like  certified  copy 
to  the  person  declared  elected.  Section  160. 

Vacancies  in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk  are  filled  at  the  general 
election  next  succeeding  the  happening  thereof.  Section  139. 

The  county  clerk  shall  audit  and  approve  itemized  bills  for  costs, 
charges  and  expenses.  Section  180. 


V.  TOWNSHIP,  CITY  AND  MUNICIPAL 
CLERKS. 

The  clerk  of  every  township,  city  or  other  municipality  is  required 
to  put  up  advertisements  at  least  eight  days  prior  to,  and  within 
thirty  days  next  preceding  the  election,  in  at  least  five  of  the  most 
public  places  within  the  township  or  municipality,  which  advertise- 


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ments  shall  make  known  the  time,  place  and  purpose  of  holding  the 
election,  and  the  office  or  offices  to  be  filled  thereat,  and  shall  be 
signed  by  such  clerk.  Section  7.  (See  Form  No.  8  ) 

The  township  or  municipal  clerk  shall  file  all  statements  of  elec¬ 
tion  delivered  to  him  by  any  board  of  election.  Sections  94,  96.  He 
shall  also  have  the  custody  of  the  ballot-boxes  after  election,  but  not 
of  the  keys  thereto.  Sections  99,  67.  In  cities,  each  city  clerk  shall 
keep  a  record  of  the  exact  time  of  the  delivery  to  him  of  each  ballot- 
box,  and  of  the  election  officers  and  persons  making  the  delivery. 
Section  99.  He  shall,  in  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants,  also 
publish  notice  of  meetings  of  district  boards  to  prepare  registers  for 
charter  elections.  Section  28. 

In  township  or  municipal  elections,  the  township  or  municipal 
clerk  is  required  to  discharge  the  same  duties  as  are  devolved  in 
other  elections  upon  the  county  clerk  in  the  matters  of  selecting 
names  for  parties  in  cases  of  division,  or  two  or  more  conventions 
[Section  40) ;  when  a  candidate  declines  a  nomination  ( Section  44) ; 
in  ascertaining  the  number  of  voters  in  a  new  election  district  or 
where  boundaries  have  been  changed  ( Section  50) ;  in  providing 
official  ballots  and  envelopes  and  distributing  the  same  ( Section  85) ; 
and  in  passing  upon  objections  to  certificates  of  nomination.  Section 
46.  For  such  elections  he  shall  also  furnish  the  necessary  canvassing- 
books,  poll-books,  registry-books  and  blanks.  Section  62. 

If  the  official  ballots  are  not  delivered  at  the  time  specified,  or 
should  be  destroyed  or  stolen,  and  other  official  ballots  cannot  be 
obtained  in  time,  he  shall  cause  other  ballots  to  be  prepared,  &c. 
Section  55. 

He  shall  also  provide,  before  the  date  of  the  first  meeting  of  the 
board  of  registry  and  election,  a  suitable  room  in  each  election  dis¬ 
trict  in  which  to  make  and  revise  the  register  of  voters  and  to  hold 
the  election,  and  give  notice  of  the  location  thereof  to  the  board  of 
election  [Section  8 ;  see  Form  No.  6) ;  shall  have  the  booths  or  com¬ 
partments,  &c.,  constructed  therein,  as  described,  and  shall  provide 
the  same  with  lights  so  that  they  may  be  kept  at  all  hours  well  and 
sufficiently  lighted.  Sections  78,  79.  He  may,  if  in  his  judgment  it  is 
best  so  to  do,  cause  booths  to  be  erected  in  the  street ;  but  elections 
cannot  be  held  in  any  bar-room.  Section  8. 

He  shall,  on  the  day  preceding  the  election  (and  on  Saturday  pre¬ 
ceding,  when  the  election  is  on  Monday),  deliver  each  sealed  package 
of  ballots  and  envelopes  received  by  him  from  the  county  clerk,  to 
one  of  the  clerks  of  each  election  district  in  his  township  or  munici¬ 
pality  for  which  the  same  has  been  prepared,  and  shall  take  a  receipt 
therefor.  Section  54- 

He  shall  also  audit  and  approve  itemized  bills  for  costs,  charges 
and  expenses.  Section  180. 


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VI.  NOMINATION  OP  CANDIDATES. 

By  Party  Conventions. — Any  political  party  which,  at  the  pre¬ 
ceding  general  election,  polled  not  less  than  two  per  cent,  of  the  votes 
cast  in  the  State,  county  or  other  division  for  which  a  candidate  is  to 
be  named,  may  nominate  candidates,  whose  names  shall  be  placed 
•upon  the  official  ballot,  which  nomination  must  be  certified  in  the 
■manner  and  form  prescribed.  Section  38.  (See  Form  No  8.) 

By  Petition  of  Legal  Voters.— Candidates  for  State  offices,  and 
•for  offices  in  a  political  division  less  than  the  State,  may  also  be  nomi¬ 
nated  and  have  their  names  printed  upon  the  official  ballot  upon 
petition  signed  by  legally- qualified  voters  equal  in  number  to  at  least 
two  per  .centum  of  the  entire  vote  cast  for  members  of  the  General 
Assembly  at  the  last  preceding  general  election  in  the  State,  county, 
district  or  other  political  division  ;  provided ,  that  no  more  than  eight 
hundred  names  shall  be  required  for  each  candidate  named  for  a  State 
office,  and  not  more  than  one  hundred  names  for  any  candidate  for 
any  office  in  a  political  division  less  than  the  State,  and  that  in  the 
case  of  a  newly-established  election  district,  county,  city  or  other 
.political  division,  fifty  signatures  shall  be  sufficient  to  a  petition  nomi¬ 
nating  candidates  for  the  first  election.  Section  41.  (See  Form  No.  10.) 

Vacancies — How  Filled. — To  fill  vacancies,  when  a  candidate 
■declines  or  dies  before  election,  or  the  certificate  of  nomination  is 
insufficient  or  inoperative,  the  nomination  shall  be  made  in  the 
manner  required  for  original  nominations.  (See  Forms  Nos.  9  and 
11.)  Section  £5. 

Committees,  when  so  empowered  by  conventions,  may  fill  such 
vacancies.  Section  1>5. 

When  Certificates  of  Nomination  Shall  be  Filed.— All 
nominations,  whether  by  convention  or  by  petition,  shall  be  certified 
in  form  prescribed  ( Sections  39,  Ifl ;  see  Forms  Nos.  8,  9,  10  and  11), 
and  shall  be  filed  as  follows :  For  State  officers  and  members  of 
•Congress,  with  the  Secretary  of  State  twenty  days  before  election  ;  for 
county  officers,  Senators  and  members  of  the  General  Assembly,  with 
the  county  clerk  ten  days  before  election,  and  for  city,  town  and 
township  officers,  with  the  clerk  of  the  municipality  eight  days  before 
.election.  Section  1$. 

Acceptance  of  Nomination.— Candidates  must  accept  their 
nominations  in  writing  and  file  the  acceptances  with  the  certificates 
of  nomination.  Section  1^2.  (See  Forms  Nos.  8,  9  and  10.) 

Certificates  Open  to  Public  Inspection.— All  certificates  and 
.petitions,  when  filed,  shall  be  open  to  public  inspection,  and  shall  be 
^preserved  one  year.  Section  42. 


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VII.  OFFICIAL  BALLOTS. 

Printed  and  Distributed  at  Public  Expense.— All  ballots  to 
be  cast  at  any  general  election,  and  any  local,  charter  or  special  elec¬ 
tion  in  any  city  in  this  State,  shall  be  printed  and  distributed  at 
public  expense  (Sections  85,  48),  except  that  any  voter  may  be  fur¬ 
nished  by  the  county  or  municipal  clerk  with  official  ballots,  at  his 
own  expense  for  printing,  which  ballots  may  be  used  on  election  day. 
Sections  56,  57. 

Separate  Ballots  for  Each  Party  or  Group.— The  county 
clerk  shall  provide  separate  ballots  for  each  political  party  or  group 
of  petitioners  whose  candidates,  to  be  voted  for  at  any  election  to  be 
held  within  the  county,  are  certified  to  him  by  the  Secretary  of  State, 
or  included  in  any  certificate  or  petition  originally  filed  with  him 
under  the  provisions  of  the  election  law.  In  local  city  elections,  they 
are  to  be  furnished  by  the  city  clerk.  Section  49. 

How  Ballots  Shall  be  Printed.— All  ballots  shall  be  printed 
with  black  ink  on  plain  white  paper,  of  such  thickness  that  the  print¬ 
ing  thereon  cannot  be  distinguished  from  the  back  ;  they  shall  all  be 
of  uniform  size,  quality  and  type,  and  without  any  mark,  word, 
device  or  figure  thereon,  except  that  the  nominations  of  each  party 
or  group  of  petitioners  shall  be  printed  on  separate  tickets  under¬ 
neath  the  title  or  name  of  the  party  or  petitioners  making  such  nomi¬ 
nations  (Section  49),  and  that  on  the  back  of  each  of  said  ballots  shall 

be  printed  the  words  “  Official  ballot  for - ;  ”  after  the  word  “  for” 

in  each  case  shall  be  the  designation  of  the  county,  township,  munici¬ 
pality,  ward  or  other  political  division  for  which  the  ballot  is  pre¬ 
pared,  the  date  of  the  election  and  a  fac-simile  of  the  signature  of  the 
county  or  municipal  clerk.  Section  50.  Whenever  a  question  or  propo¬ 
sition  is  to  be  voted  upon,  it  shall  be  printed  upon  the  ballot  as  pro¬ 
vided.  Section  52.  Whenever  any  error  has  occurred  in  the  printing 
of  ballots,  a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  may  summarily  order  the 
error  to  be  corrected.  The  county  or  municipal  clerk  should,  also, 
without  such  order,  correct  the  error  by  having  new  ballots  printed 
and  destroying  the  incorrect  ones.  Section  53. 

Number  of  Ballots  to  be  Furnished.— The  county  or  munici¬ 
pal  clerk  shall  provide  for  each  political  party,  in  each  election  dis¬ 
trict,  two  hundred  and  fifty  ballots  for  every  one  hundred  or  fraction 
of  one  hundred  of  the  total  votes  cast  therein  at  the  last  preceding 
election  for  members  of  the  Assembly;  in  cases  of  independent 
nominations,  or  of  nominations  by  any  party,  organization  or  peti¬ 
tioners  that  cast  no  votes  for  any  candidate  or  candidates  at  the  last 
preceding  election  for  members  of  the  Assembly,  he  shall  provide  a 
number  equal  to  double  the  total  number  of  votes  cast  in  the  election 


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district  at  the  last  preceding  election  for  members  of  the  Assembly. 
When  the  boundaries  of  any  district  have  been  changed,  or  a  new 
district  created,  the  clerk  shall  ascertain,  as  nearly  as  possible,  the 
number  of  voters  in  the  district,  and  provide  ballots  in  the  above  pro¬ 
portion.  Section  50. 

How  and  When  Ballots  Shall  be  Delivered.— The  ballots 
(and  envelopes)  shall  be  printed  and  in  possession  of  the  county 
clerk  at  least  five  days  before  the  election  ( Section  53),  and  shall  be 
delivered  to  the  clerk  of  each  township,  city  or  other  municipality 
three  days  prior  to  the  election,  in  sealed  packages  (with  the 
envelopes),  clearly  addressed  on  the  outside,  stating  the  election  dis¬ 
trict  for  which  each  package  is  intended  and  the  number  of  ballots 
and  envelopes  enclosed.  The  township  or  municipal  clerk  (as  the 
case  may  be)  shall,  on  the  day  before  the  election  (on  Saturday 
before,  when  election  takes  place  on  Monday),  deliver  to  one  of  the 
election  clerks  in  each  district  the  package  of  ballots  and  envelopes 
addressed  to  his  district,  and  the  election  clerk  is  required  to  deliver 
the  package,  with  the  seals  unbroken,  to  the  election  board  on  the 
morning  of  the  election  before  the  polls  are  opened.  In  all  cases 
when  packages  of  ballots  and  envelopes  are  delivered  the  clerks  are 
required  to  give  and  take  receipts  therefor,  and  to  file  or  preserve  the 
receipts.  Section  5J, \. 

Shall  be  Subject  to  Inspection,  and  Shall  be  Reprinted 
if  Mistakes  are  Discovered. — The  ballots,  while  in  possession  of 
the  county  or  municipal  clerk,  are  subject  to  inspection  and  exami¬ 
nation  by  the  candidates  and  their  agents ;  if  any  mistake  is  discov¬ 
ered,  the  clerk  is  required  immediately  to  destroy  the  incorrect  or 
incomplete  ballots  and  cause  new  ballots  to  be  printed  in  their  stead. 
Summary  proceedings  may  be  taken  before  a  justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  to  require  the  clerk  to  comply  with  the  law  in  this  regard. 
Section  53. 

If  not  Delivered  in  Time,  or  Lost  or  Stolen,  Township 
or  Other  Olerks  Shall  Provide.— If  the  official  ballots  shall  not 
be  delivered  at  the  time  specified,  or  should  be  destroyed  or  stolen, 
or  the  official  supply  shall  be  exhausted  and  other  official  ballots 
cannot  be  obtained  in  time  for  the  election,  the  township  or  other 
municipal  clerk,  or  the  election  board  (as  the  case  may  require),  shall 
cause  other  ballots  to  be  prepared  in  the  form  prescribed,  omitting 
the  indorsement  on  the  back,  and  the  board  of  election  shall  use  the 
same  at  the  election.  A  statement  of  the  facts  shall  be  made,  under 
oath,  by  the  persons  preparing  the  new  ballots.  When  the  official 
ballots  and  envelopes,  or  either  of  them,  for  the  reasons  named  are 
dispensed  with,  the  mode  and  manner  of  voting  shall,  in  all  respects, 
conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  law.  Section  55. 


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VIII.  OFFICIAL  ENVELOPES. 

How  Envelopes  Shall  be  Printed,  &c. — The  county  and 
municipal  clerks  shall  in  like  manner  as  for  official  ballots  provide 
and  furnish  the  official  envelopes  required  to  be  used  at  any  election 
held  in  this  State  ( Section  51) ;  they  shall  all  be  of  the  same  quality 
of  plain  blue  paper,  so  as  to  be  readily  distinguishable  from  official 
ballots,  of  the  same  quality  and  kind  of  paper,  and  three  inches  in 
length  by  two  and  one-eighth  inches  in  width,  with  the  flap  un» 
gummed ;  on  the  face  shall  be  printed  in  black  ink,  in  type  of  the 
same  style  and  description  so  that  one  envelope  cannot  be  distin¬ 
guished  from  another,  the  words  “Official  envelope  for  - 

after  the  word  “  for,”  shall  be  the  designation  of  the  county,  town¬ 
ship,  municipality  or  other  subdivision  for  which  it  is  prepared,  the 
date  of  the  election,  and  a  fac-simile  of  the  signature  of  the  clerk  by 
whom  they  are  required  to  be  provided  and  furnished,  and  there  shall 
be  no  other  mark,  word,  figure  or  device  of  any  kind  placed  on  the 
envelopes.  Section  51.  If  the  envelope  is  marked  in  any  manner  for 
identification  the  ballot  shall  not  be  counted.  Section  58.  The  use  of 
the  official  envelope  shall  be  confined  exclusively  to  the  polling  room* 
Section  51. 

Number  to  be  Provided,  &c.— There  shall  be  provided  for  and 
furnished  to  each  election  district  a  number  of  official  envelopes 
equal  to  double  the  number  of  all  the  votes  cast  in  such  district  at 
the  last  preceding  general  election  ( Section  51) ;  they  shall  be  sent 
in  the  sealed  packages  with  the  official  ballots  and  delivered  to  the 
clerk  of  the  township,  city  or  municipality,  and  by  him  delivered  to 
the  election  clerk,  who  shall  deliver  them  to  the  election  board. 
Section  54.  One  (and  only  one)  shall  be  issued  to  a  voter  upon  enter¬ 
ing  the  polling-room  ( Section  80) ;  should  he  spoil  it,  or  render  it 
unfit  for  use,  another  may  be  issued  to  him  upon  returning  the 
spoiled  one,  but  no  more  than  two  official  envelopes — one  at  a  time — 
shall  be  furnished  any  voter.  Section  51. 

If  Lost  or  Stolen,  Election  May  Proceed  Without  Them, 
— Should  the  supply  of  official  envelopes  provided  for  any  district  be 
lost,  stolen  or  destroyed,  the  election  shall  proceed  without  them,  but 
the  ballot  shall  be  folded  so  as  to  disclose  the  official  stamp  on  the 
back.  Section  55. 

Spoiled  and  Unused— How  to  be  Disposed  of.— At  the  close 
of  the  election  all  unused  and  spoiled  official  envelopes  shall  be  tied 
in  one  package,  deposited  in  the  ballot-box,  and  delivered  with  the 
same  to  the  proper  custodian  thereof.  Section  99. 

2  i 


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IX.  COUNTY  BOARDS  OP  ELECTIONS. 

Appointment.— The  county  board  of  elections  shall  consist  of 
four  persons,  no  more  than  two  of  whom  shall  be  of  the  same  politi¬ 
cal  party,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Governor  upon  nomination  of  the 
chairman  of  the  two  largest  political  parties,  provided  the  nomina- 
fions^are  made  in  the  month  of  June,  otherwise  the  Governor  may 
appoint  men  of  his  own  selection.  Vacancies  caused  by  death  or 
disability  shall  be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term.  Section  IS. 

Term. — The  terms  of  office  of  members  of  the  Qounty  board  of 
elections  are  two  years,  the  term  of  one  member  of  each  political 
party  expiring  on  August  1st  in  each  year.  Section  18. 

Oath.— Each  member,  before  entering  upon  the  performance  of 
his  duties,  is  required  to  take  and  subscribe  an  official  oath,  after 
which  he  can  administer,  at  any  meeting  of  the  board,  any  oath  or 
affirmation  required  or  permitted  by  the  election  law.  Section  16. 
(See  Form  No.  13.) 

Office. — The  board  of  chosen  freeholders  shall  provide  the  county 
board  of  elections  with  a  suitable  office  and  furniture,  in  the  county 
court-house,  or  in  a  building  at  the  county  seat  as  near  as  possible  to 
the  court-house.  Section  13. 

Organization.— On  the  first  Tuesday  in  August,  or  on  such  other 
day  as  the  board  may  agree  on  within  the  first  ten  days  in  August, 
the  county  board  shall  meet  at  the  county  court-house,  or  other 
place  provided  for  them,  and  organize  by  electing  a  chairman  and 
secretary,  who  shall  not  be  of  the  same  political  party.  Failing, 
after  three  ballots,  to  elect,  the  oldest  member  in  years  shall  be  chair¬ 
man  and  the  next  oldest,  not  of  the  same  party,  shall  be  secretary. 
Section  11/,. 

Publication  of  Notice  of  Registration  of  Voters.— At  least 
six  weeks  before  the  election,  the  county  board  shall  publish,  in 
not  more  than  six  newspapers,  notice  of  the  meetings  of  the  district 
boards  of  registry  and  election  for  the  purpose  of  registering  voters. 
Section  20. 

Appointment  of  Local  Boards. — Within  the  first  ten  days  of 
September  the  county  board  shall  appoint  for  each  election  district 
in  the  county  four  persons,  legal  voters  and  residents  within  the 
election  district  for  which  they  are  appointed,  to  be  the  board  of 
registry  and  election  for  such  district.  Not  more  than  two  of  such 
four  appointees  shall  belong  to  the  same  political  party.  (See  Form 
No.  12.)  The  appointments  shall  be  made  upon  nominations  made 
by  the  chairmen  of  the  county  committees  of  the  two  largest  politi- 


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^cal  parties,  which  nominations  should  be  made  after  August  10th 
&nd  on  or  before  August  20th.  If  either  chairman  fail  to  nominate 
within  such  time,  the  county  board  shall  immediately  notify  him, 
that  he  may  supply  the  deficiency  on  or  before  September  1st.  If 
no  nominations  are  made  by  such  delinquent  chairmen  on  or  before 
September  1st,  the  county  board  shall  appoint  men  from  the  politi¬ 
cal  party  of  which  the  delinquent  chairman  is  a  member.  Nomi¬ 
nees  may,  however,  be  required  to  answer,  in  writing,  all  reasonable 
•questions  as  to  their  efficiency,  eligibility,  character  and  fitness. 
The  county  board  may  also  remove  any  member  of  a  district  board 
for  neglect  or  refusal  to  perform  his  duties,  or  for  intoxication, 
incapacity,  deceit  or  falsehood  exercised  in  securing  his  own  appoint¬ 
ment.  Section  15.  Vacancies  in  any  board  of  registry  and  election 
shall  also  be  filled  by  the  county  board  for  the  unexpired  term. 
Section  17.  Although  the  law  does  not  expressly  require  it,  the 
county  board  should  certify  to  the  clerk  of  each  township  and  muni¬ 
cipality  the  names  of  the  persons  appointed  on  the  election  boards. 
This  will  furnish  the  clerks  with  reliable  information,  and  enable 
them  to  notify  the  proper  persons  of  the  places  where  the  election 
will  be  held. 

The  boards  of  registry  and  election,  in  cities  having  over  40,000 
inhabitants,  are  required  to  meet  on  Tuesday,  five  weeks  before  the 
election,  for  the  registry  of  voters ;  on  Tuesday,  four  weeks  before 
the  election,  the  boards  of  registry  and  election  within  such  cities 
have  their  second  meeting,  and  the  boards  outside  of  such  cities 
have  their  first  meeting ;  on  Tuesday,  three  weeks  before  the  elec¬ 
tion,  the  boards  outside  of  such  cities  have  their  second  meeting ; 
on  Tuesday,  two  weeks  before  the  election,  the  boards  within  such 
cities  have  their  third  and  final  meeting ;  and  on  Tuesday,  one 
week  before  the  election,  the  boards  outside  of  such  cities  hold  their 
third  and  final  meeting  for  the  registry  of  voters.  As  the  county 
board  is  authorized  to  fill  vacancies  in  the  boards  of  registry  and 
election,  it  will  be  well  for  it  to  hold  a  meeting  on  the  day  preceding 
each  of  these  five  days,  and  also  on  the  day  before  election,  to  fill 
such  vacancies  as  may  be  reported  to  them. 

The  county  board  are  required  also  to  appoint  district  boards  for 
municipal  elections  where  changes  in  districts  have  been  made. 
Section  31. 

Issue  of  Permits  to  Agents. — The  county  board  shall  file 
appointment  papers  of  the  agents  of  parties  and  candidates  and  issue 
to  them  permits  to  be  present  in  the  polling  place,  and  also  within 
the  railed  enclosure  while  the  votes  are  being  counted.  Section  63. 
-(See  Forms  Nos.  Ilf,,  15.) 


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Adding  Names  to  and  Erasing  Names  from  Registers.— 
On  Thursday  and  Saturday  next  preceding  the  election,  from  S> 
o’clock  in  the  forenoon  until  5  o’clock  in  the  afternoon,  the  county 
board  of  elections  shall  sit  at  its  office  to  hear  applications  to  have' 
names  added  to  and  erased  from  the  registers.  Upon  any  such’ 
application  the  county  board,  on  proper  evidence  satisfying  them 
that  the  applicant  is  entitled  to  vote,  may  give  a  certificate  to  that 
effect,  which  may  be  presented  by  the  applicant  to  the  proper  dis¬ 
trict  board.  Such  district  board  shall  receive  and  file  the  certificate, 
add  the  name  of  such  applicant  to  the  registry  and  allow  him  to 
vote.  No  name  shall  be  added  to  the  registry  after  the  last  registra¬ 
tion  day  except  upon  the  certificate  of  the  county  board  or  upon  the 
presentation  of  a  certificate  of  removal  of  a  voter  from  one  election 
district  to  another.  Names  may  also  be  erased  from  the  registers 
after  due  notice  to  the  persons  affected  thereby.  Section  25. 

Registers  for  Charter  and  Local  Elections.— The  county 
board,  at  least  seven  weeks  before  any  city  election  for  the  election 
of  municipal  officers,  shall  deliver  to  the  city  clerk  the  copies  of  the 
registry  lists  filed  with  the  county  board  at  the  previous  general 
election  and  the  city  clerk  shall  deliver  them  to  the  district  boards  at 
least  six  weeks  before  such  election.  Section  27.  The  county  board 
shall  sit  on  Thursday  and  Saturday  next  preceding  any  township, 
municipal,  charter,  local  or  special  election,  for  the  purpose  of  adding, 
names  to,  and  erasing  them  from,  the  registers.  Section  SO. 

Preservation  of  Affidavits— The  county  board  of  elections 
shall  file  all  affidavits  delivered  to  them  by  the  judges  of  the  district 
boards,  give  receipts  therefor,  and  preserve  them  for  six  months. 
Section  32. 

Act  as  County  Board  of  Canvassers— For  all  general,  and, 
for  all  city,  elections  the  county  board  of  elections  shall  act  as  the 
county  board  of  canvassers.  The  county  clerk  shall  act  as  clerk  of 
the  canvassers.  Section  102.  They  shall  meet  on  Friday  next  after 
the  election,  at  12  o’clock,  at  the  county  court-house.  Sections  103- 
to  117. 

Their  Compensation.— The  county  board  of  elections  are  en¬ 
titled  to  reasonable  compensation  for  their  services.  Section  180. 


X.  DISTRICT  BOARDS  OP  REGISTRY  AND 
ELECTION.  - 

Members  not  Eligible  to  Other  Offices.— No  election  officer 
shall  be  elected  to  any  office  to  be  filled  at  the  election  in  which  ho 
shall  serve.  Section  81>. 


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Constitution,  Term  and  Oath.— The  board  of  registry  and 
-election  shall  consist  of  four  persons  to  be  appointed  by  the  county 
board  of  elections,  not  more  than  two  of  whom  shall  be  of  the  same 
political  party  (see  Form  No.  12) ;  they  shall  hold  office  for  one  year, 
from  September  11th  to  September  10th  following ;  they  shall  take  an 
-oath  of  office  ( Form  No.  13)  before  a  duly- qualified  officer,  which  oath 
shall  forthwith  be  forwarded  to  and  filed  in  the  county  clerk’s  office. 
Vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  the  county  board,  except  when  a  vacancy 
occurs  on  election  day,  in  which  case  it  shall  be  filled  by  the  member 
of  the  district  board  of  the  same  political  party  as  the  member  whose 
place  has  become  vacant.  Sections  15  to  17. 

Organization.— At  its  first  meeting  the  district  board  shall  organize 
by  electing  one  member  to  be  judge  and  one  member  to  be  inspector, 
who  shall  be  of  opposite  political  parties ;  the  judge  shall  be  the 
-chairman  of  the  board;  the  remaining  two  members  of  the  board 
shall  be  its  clerks.  If  the  board  fail  to  elect  a  judge  after  voting  three 
times,  the  oldest  member  in  years  shall  be  judge,  and  if  the  board  fail 
to  elect  an  inspector  after  voting  three  times,  the  oldest  member  in 
years  of  the  party  opposite  to  the  one  to  which  the  chairman  belongs 
shall  be  inspector.  Section  19. 

Power  to  Administer  Oaths.— After  having  duly  qualified 
-according  to  law,  each  member  of  the  board  is  authorized,  at  any 
meeting  thereof,  to  administer  any  oath  or  affirmation  required  or 
permitted  to  be  taken  by  the  election  law.  Section  16. 

First  Meeting  to  Register  Voters  for  General  Election 
in  Districts  Within  Cities  Having  Over  40,000  Inhabi¬ 
tants. — The  board  of  registry  and  election  shall  meet  on  Tuesday, 
five  weeks  next  preceding  the  general  election,  at  1  o’clock  in  the 
afternoon,  at  the  place  designated  by  the  city  clerk  (see  Section  18), 
and  continue  in  session  until  9  o’clock  in  the  evening,  for  the  regis¬ 
tration  of  voters.  After  organizing,  they  shall  make  two  lists  of 
-voters,  arranged  in  the  alphabetical  order  of  streets  and  by  street 
numbers,  or  the  order  of  the  houses  as  they  occur  on  streets,  avenues 
and  roads.  They  shall  register  the  names  of  all  persons  entitled  to 
the  right  of  suffrage  in  their  district  at  the  next  election  who  shall 
personally  appear  before  them  for  that  purpose,  and  such  other  per¬ 
sons  as  shall  be  shown  by  the  written  affidavit  of  a  voter  residing  in 
the  same  election  district  to  be  lawfully  entitled  to  vote  at  the  ensuing 
election.  No  person  shall  be  registered  unless  a  majority  of  the  board 
shall  be  satisfied  of  the  applicant’s  right  to  vote  at  the  ensuing  elec¬ 
tion.  On  the  next  day  after  the  registry  each  of  the  election  clerks 
shall  post  a  copy  of  the  registry  in  hand-bill  form  in  a  conspicuous 
place  in  the  election  district.  Section  21. 


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Second  Meeting  to  Register  Voters  for  General  Election-, 
in  Districts  Within  Cities  Having  Over  40,000  Inhabi¬ 
tants.— On  Tuesday,  four  weeks  next  preceding  the  general  election,, 
the  board  of  registry  and  election  shall  meet  to  revise  and  correct  the 
registry.  They  shall  add  thereto  the  names  of  all  persons  not  already 
registered  who  shall  appear  in  person  before  the  board  and  establish 
to  the  satisfaction  of  a  majority  of  the  board  their  right  to  vote,  or 
who  shall  be  shown  by  the  written  affidavit  of  a  voter  residing  in  the 
district  to  be  entitled  to  vote.  The  name  of  any  person  may  also  be 
erased  from  the  registry,  if,  after  a  fair  opportunity  to  be  heard,  he 
shall  be  shown  by  due  proof  not  to  be  entitled  to  vote.  Section  22. 

Third  Meeting  to  Register  Voters  for  General  Election 
in  Districts  Within  Cities  Having  Over  40,000  Inhabi¬ 
tants. — On  Tuesday,  two  weeks  next  preceding  the  general  election, 
the  board  of  registry  and  election  shall  hold  its  third  and  final  meet¬ 
ing  for  the  revision  and  correction  of  the  registry.  They  shall  add 
names  to  and  erase  names  from  the  registry  in  the  same  manner  as 
at  their  second  meeting.  The  revised  registry  shall  show,  opposite 
each  name,  whether  the  person  registered  appeared  in  person  before 
the  board  or  was  registered  by  affidavit,  and  if  by  affidavit  the  name 
of  the  person  making  ]the  affidavit,  and  shall  be  arranged  by  streets 
and  street  numbers  as  required  at  the  first  meeting ;  they  shall  not 
be  copied  from  any  previous  register,  in  whole  or  in  part.  On  the 
next  day  after  the  final  completion  of  the  register,  one  copy  of  it  shall 
be  delivered  by  the  chairman  to  the  county  board  of  elections,  one 
copy  posted  at  the  place  of  election  for  public  inspection,  and  one 
copy  shall  be  retained  by  the  judge  of  election  for  use  by  the  district 
board  on  the  day  of  election.  Section  22. 

First  Meeting  to  Register  Voters  for  General  Election 
in  Districts  Outside  of  Cities  Having  Over  40,000  Inhabi¬ 
tants. — The  board  of  registry  and  election  shall  meet  annually  on 
the  Tuesday  four  weeks  next  preceding  the  general  election,  at  the 
place  designated  by  the  township  or  municipal  clerk  (see  Section  18), 
at  10  o’clock  in  the  forenoon,  and,  having  organized,  shall  proceed  at 
once  to  ascertain  by  actual  inquiry  at  every  dwelling  or  habitation, 
or  of  the  head  of  every  family,  the  names  and  residences  and  street 
numbers  of  all  legal  voters  within  their  district ;  they  shall  continue 
the  enumeration  from  day  to  day,  and  shall  complete  the  same  on  or 
before  the  following  Friday.  To  facilitate  the  work  the  board  may 
divide  their  district  into  subdivisions,  and  any  two  members,  not  of 
the  same  party,  to  be  designated  by  the  chairman,  may,  in  company, 
make  the  enumeration  in  such  subdivisions ;  but  no  name  shall  be 
entered  upon  the  canvassing-book  without  the  concurrence  of  both 


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members.  When  the  canvass  is  made  by  the  whole  board,  a  majority 
must  concur  to  enter  a  name  on  the  canvassing-book.  Section  23. 

Second  Meeting1  to  Register  Voters  for  General  Election 
in  Districts  Outside  of  Cities  Having  Over  40,000  Inhabi¬ 
tants. — On  Tuesday  three  weeks  next  preceding  the  general  election 
the  board  shall  meet  at  the  place  designated  by  the  township  or 
municipal  clerk,  at  10  o’clock  a.  m.,  and  remain  in  session  (recess 
from  1  to  2  o’clock)  until  9  o’clock  p.  m.,  for  the  purpose  of  mak¬ 
ing  two  alphabetical  lists  or  registers  of  the  names  of  the  voters 
and  their  places  of  residence  and  street  numbers,  if  any.  These  lists 
shall  be  transcribed  from  the  canvassing-books,  and  shall  include  also 
the  names  of  all  persons  not  on  the  canvassing-books,  who  shall  per¬ 
sonally  appear  before  the  board  and  show  to  its  satisfaction  that  they 
are  entitled  to  vote ;  and,  also,  of  all  persons  who  shall  be  shown,  by 
the  affidavit  in  writing  of  some  voter  in  that  election  district,  to  be  a 
legal  voter  therein.  Section  23.  (See  Form  No.  10.)  When  the  lists 
are  completed,  the  board  shall  certify  on  each  of  them,  and  announce 
publicly  the  number  of  names  entered  thereon.  On  the  next  day 
each  of  the  clerks  of  election  shall  post,  in  a  conspicuous  place  within 
the  district,  a  list,  in  hand-bill  form,  of  the  names  entered  on  the  reg¬ 
isters,  with  residences  and  street  numbers,  if  any,  certified  by  the 
board,  or  a  majority  of  them,  to  be  correct  copies  of  the  original  reg¬ 
isters.  Section  24. 

Third  Meeting  to  Register  Voters  for  General  Election 
in  Districts  Outside  of  Cities  Having  Over  40,000  Inhabi¬ 
tants. — On  Tuesday  next  preceding  the  general  election  the  board 
shall  meet  and  remain  in  session  from  1  o’clock  p.  m.  to  9  o’clock  p. 
m.,  to  revise  and  correct  the  registers,  and  to  add  thereto  the  names 
of  all  persons  entitled  to  vote  in  such  district  at  the  next  election,  who 
shall  appear  in  person,  or  who  shall  be  shown  by  affidavit  of  a  voter 
in  the  election  district  to  be  a  legal  voter  therein,  and  of  erasing 
therefrom  the  name  of  any  person  who,  after  a  fair  opportunity  to  be 
heard,  shall  be  shown  not  to  be  entitled  to  vote.  No  name  shall  be 
added  to  or  erased  from  the  registers  without  the  concurrence  of  a 
majority  of  the  board.  Section  24.  When  the  registers  are  com¬ 
pleted,  the  board  shall  publicly  announce  and  certify  on  each  register 
the  number  of  names  thereon,  and  on  the  next  day  succeeding  this 
meeting  the  chairman  of  the  district  board  shall  deliver  one  of  them 
to  the  county  board  of  elections  and  the  other  he  shall  retain  for  use 
by  the  district  board  on  election  day.  The  chairman  shall  also  desig¬ 
nate  one  of  the  clerks  to  prepare  a  third  copy  of  the  register,  which 
shall  be  certified,  and  the  clerk  shall,  within  the  next  two  days,  file 
the  same  with  the  clerk  of  the  city,  township  or  municipality.  Sec¬ 
tion  24 . 


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Provision  when  Local  Election  Falls  on  Registry  Day  for 
General  Election. — Whenever  the  time  fixed  by  law  for  holding 
any  municipal,  local  or  charter  election  falls  on  any  day  of  registry 
for  the  general  election,  the  registry  shall  take  place  on  the  day  fol¬ 
lowing  such  municipal,  local  or  charter  election.  Section  37. 

Registration  of  Voters  for  Charter  Elections  in  Cities 
Having  Over  40,000  Inhabitants —In  all  such  cities  the  district 
boards  shall  make,  alter  and  revise  the  registers  of  voters  for  charter 
elections.  New  registers  are  not  necessary  where  the  election  districts 
remain  unchanged,  but  in  such  cases  revision  and  correction  only  are 
to  be  made.  Each  board  shall  meet  at  the  place  designated  by  the 
city  clerk  on  Tuesday  four  weeks  next  preceding  the  election,  and 
finally  on  Tuesday  two  weeks  before  the  election.  Each  meeting 
shall  continue  from  1  to  9  o’clock  p.  m.  Section  26.  The  city  clerk 
shall  deliver  to  each  district  its  register  used  at  the  preceding  general 
election  at  least  six  weeks  before  the  election,  the  city  clerk  having 
obtained  the  same  from  the  county  board  of  elections  seven  weeks 
before  the  election.  Section  27.  The  city  clerk  shall  publish  notice 
of  the  registration,  including  a  short  description  of  boundary  lines  of 
election  districts  and  location  of  polling  places,  at  least  two  weeks 
before  the  first  registration  day  in  at  least  two  newspapers.  Section 
28.  The  district  boards  shall  add  to  the  registers  in  the  same  manner 
as  for  the  general  elections,  and  on  the  day  succeeding  the  first 
registration  day  each  of  the  clerks  shall  post  in  a  conspicuous  place  a 
copy  of  the  revised  register,  and  on  the  day  succeeding  the  second 
registration  day  the  chairman  shall  deliver  one  copy  thereof  to  the 
county  board  of  elections  and  retain  one  copy  for  use  by  the  district 
board  on  election  day.  Section  26. 

Registration  of  Voters  for  Township  and  Local  Elections 
in  Districts  Outside  of  Cities  Having  Over  40,000  Inhabi¬ 
tants  —No  new  registration  is  required  within  any  district  in  any 
township,  town,  borough  or  other  municipality  outside  of  cities  hav¬ 
ing  over  40,000  inhabitants,  for  any  township,  charter,  local  or  special 
election.  In  every  such  district  the  district  board  shall  procure  the 
copy  of  the  register  for  the  preceding  election  filed  with  the  township 
or  municipal  clerk  and  use  it,  revising  and  correcting  it  in  the  man¬ 
ner  provided  for  the  revision  and  correction  of  registers  in  cities  hav¬ 
ing  over  40,000  inhabitants.  Such  boards  shall  meet  for  this  revision 
and  correction  on  the  Tuesday  next  preceding  the  election,  and  each 
election  clerk  shall  post  at  least  three  notices  of  the  time  and  place 
of  the  meeting  in  conspicuous  places  at  least  one  week  before  the 
meeting.  No  copy  of  the  register  need  be  posted,  but  on  the  day 
after  the  meeting  one  copy  shall  be  filed  with  the  county  board  of 
elections.  Section  29. 


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Registration  by  Affidavit.— Whenever  a  voter  is  registered  by 
^affidavit,  whether  for  a  general  election  or  for  a  township,  town, 
borough,  municipal,  charter  or  local  election,  a  separate  affidavit  is 
required  for  each  person  registered.  (See  Form  No.  7.)  It  must  also 
contain  the  address  of  the  affiant  and  be  signed  by  him.  All  affidavits 
must  be  preserved  by  the  judge  of  election  until  the  completion  of  the 
registry,  and  then  be  delivered  by  him  to  the  county  board  of  elec¬ 
tions,  who  shall  give  a  receipt  for  the  same,  stating  the  number  re¬ 
ceived.  The  county  board  shall  preserve  the  affidavits  for  six  months. 
< Section  32.  Each  district  board  shall  register  the  name  of  every  per¬ 
son  who  shall  be  shown  by  the  affidavit  of  a  voter  residing  within 
their  election  district  to  be  lawfully  entitled  to  vote.  Sections  21 ,  22, 
23,  24,  26,  29.  They  shall  also  register  the  name  of  every  person  who 
shall  appear  before  them  and  satisfy  them  by  an' affidavit  that  he  will, 
on  the  day  of  the  next  ensuing  election,  be  entitled,  under  the  consti¬ 
tution  and  laws  of  this  State,  to  vote  in  that  district.  Section  35. 

The  Proceedings  Shall  Be  Open  to  the  Public. — The  pro¬ 
ceedings  of  the  board  shall  be  open  to  the  public,  and  all  persons 
entitled  to  vote  in  the  district  shall  be  entitled  to  be  freely  heard  in 
relation  to  the  revision  and  correction  of  the  registers.  Section  32. 

Certificate  to  Voter  Who  Has  Removed. — Upon  application 
the  board  shall,  on  election  day,  give  a  certificate  to  a  voter  who, 
after  being  registered,  has  removed  to  another  election  district  in  the 
same  county,  and  erase  his  name  from  their  registry,  and  upon  the 
presentation  of  such  certificate  from  another  district  the  board  to 
which  it  is  presented  shall  enter  the  name  of  the  voter  upon  their 
registry.  The  certificate  so  presented  shall  be  attached  to  the  register 
and  filed  therewith.  Section  36.  (See  Form  No.  16  ) 

Conducting  General,  Local,  Township  and  Municipal  Elec¬ 
tions.— The  boards  of  chosen  freeholders  of  each  county  are  required 
to  provide  and  keep  in  good  repair  ballot-boxes  for  use  in  the  respec¬ 
tive  election  districts,  of  the  form  prescribed  by  law.  Section  60. 

In  all  elections,  general,  local  or  charter,  the  polls  shall  open  at 
6  o’clock  in  the  morning  and  close  at  7  o’clock  in  the  evening, 
and  shall  be  kept  open  during  the  whole  of  the  day  of  election  be- 
tween  the  hours  aforesaid,  except  that  an  adjournment  may  be  had 
from  1  o’clock  until  2  o’clock  in  the  afternoon,  or  for  a  shorter  time 
between  those  hours.  Section  4.  The  decision  of  a  majority  of  the 
board  of  election  on  any  question  shall  be  taken  as  the  decision  of 
?the  board,  and  final,  any  member,  however,  having  the  right  to  record 
--and  sign  his  dissent  in  the  poll-book.  Section  90. 

The  boards  of  registry  and  election  shall  hold  and  conduct  all 
general,  municipal,  local  and  special  elections  to  be  held  throughout 
4his  state.  Section  64. 


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In  case  of  a  vacancy  occurring  in  the  election  board  on  election? 
day,  except  where  a  member  is  removed  by  order  of  the  county  board 
of  elections,  the  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  the  member  of  the  district 
board  of  the  same  political  party  as  the  member  whose  place  has 
become  vacant.  Section  17. 

As  soon  as  the  election  is  opened,  and  before  receiving  any  vote,, 
the  board  of  election  shall  make  public  proclamation  of  the  opening 
of  the  election,  and  of  their  readiness  to  receive  the  votes  of  voters, 
and  exhibit  the  ballot-box,  so  that  bystanders  can  see  that  there  is 
nothing  contained  therein.  Section  66. 

The  poll-book  shall  be  kept  by  one  of  the  clerks  of  election,  who- 
shall  number  and  record  the  names  and  residences  of  the  persons 
voting  in  the  order  in  which  their  votes  are  received.  The  poll-book 
shall  have  a  heading  as  follows :  “  Names  of  voters  at  an  election 

held  in - district  of - in  the  county  of - ■,  on  the - 

day  of - ,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand - hundred 

and - ,  for  - ”  (naming  the  offices  to  be  filled).  Section  67. 

(See  Form  No.  17.) 

If  they  adjourn  before  the  close  of  election,  they  shall  state  in  the 
poll-book,  immediately  after  the  last  name  therein,  in  words  written 
in  full  length,  the  whole  number  of  the  names  of  the  voters  in  the 
poll-book,  to  which  the  members  of  the  board  shall  sign  their  names 
(see  Form  No.  18),  and  shall  unlock  the  ballot-box,  secure  the  bar  or 
bolt  so  as  to  prevent  the  insertion  of  ballots,  place  therein  the  poll- 
book,  and  shut  and  lock  the  ballot-box.  During  the  adjournment  the 
ballot-box  shall  be  kept  in  public  view.  Section  77.  At  the  opening 
of  the  election  the  keys  of  the  ballot-box  shall  be  distributed  amongst 
the  members  of  the  board  of  registry  and  election,  each  member 
keeping  the  key  delivered  to  him  until  a  statement  of  the  result  of 
the  election  shall  have  been  made  and  certified  as  required  by  law. 
Section  65. 

No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  vote  whose  name  does  not  appear  on 
the  register  ( Section  33),  except  upon  presentation  of  a  certificate  of 
removal  after  being  registered  in  another  district  ( Section  36),  or  upon 
the  presentation  of  a  certificate  of  the  county  board  of  elections  order¬ 
ing  the  name  of  such  person  to  be  added  to  the  register.  Sections 
25,  SO. 

The  board  shall  challenge  every  person  who  shall  claim  to  have  a 
right  to  vote  whom  they  shall  know,  suspect  or  believe  not  to  be 
qualified  or  entitled  to  vote  (see  Section  72),  and  for  the  purpose  of 
satisfying  themselves  as  to  the  right  of  any  person  to  vote  they  may 
examine  him,  and  any  other  person  or  persons,  under  oath  or 
affirmation.  Section  75.  For  oaths  administered  in  cases  of  chal¬ 
lenge,  see  Section  73. 


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The  board  shall  keep  the  election  booths  or  compartments  sup¬ 
plied  with  official  ballots  of  each  party,  organization  or  set  of  peti¬ 
tioners,  and  with  lead  pencils,  and  shall  allow  no  person  within  the 
railed  enclosure  while  the  election  is  in  progress,  except  the  election 
officers,  and  voters  entering  the  same  for  the  purpose  of  preparing 
their  ballots  and  voting.  Also,  they  shall  allow  no  person  to  be 
present  in  the  polling-room  outside  the  railed  enclosure  during  the 
progress  of  the  election,  except  the  officers  connected  with  the 
election,  the  candidates  and  their  duly-authorized  agents,  and  the 
agents  of  the  parties,  such  voters  as  are  actually  present  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  voting,  and  the  officers  duly  appointed  for  keeping  the  peace. 
Section  78.  When  a  voter  enters,  the  inspector  of  election  shall 
immediately  supply  him  with  a  set  of  the  official  ballots  and  one 
official  envelope,  and  shall  allow  no  person  to  vote  until  after  he 
has  received  the  ballots  and  envelope  and  carried  the  same  with  him 
into  one  of  the  compartments.  Section  80.  Should  the  voter  spoil 
the  envelope,  another,  but  only  one  more,  may  be  issued  to  him 
upon  the  return  of  the  one  so  spoiled.  Section  51.  When  the  voter 
offers  his  ballot  it  must  be  enclosed  in  the  envelope  with  the  flap 
turned  down  so  as  to  conceal  it;  the  judge  of  election  shall  receive  it 
and  immediately  deposit  it  in  the  ballot-box,  in  the  presence  of  the- 
voter,  who  shall  then  leave  the  polling-room  without  unnecessary 
delay.  Section  80.  One  of  the  election  clerks  shall  check  the  name 
of  the  person  voting,  the  other  election  clerk  shall  keep  the  poll- 
book,  and  after  the  canvass  of  the  votes  the  register  so  kept  and 
checked  shall  be  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  county,  and  the  poll- book 
shall  be  deposited  in  the  ballot-box.  Section  67.  No  member  of  the 
board  shall  reveal  how  any  person  has  voted,  or  give  any  information 
concerning  the  appearance  of  any  ballot  or  envelope  voted,  under 
penalty  ( Section  SOI),  and  shall  be  liable  to  fine  and  imprisonment  for 
any  willful  or  negligent  violation  or  omission  of  duty.  Section  197. 

Preservation  of  Order  at  Polls —It  is  the  duty  of  the  board 
to  preserve  the  peace  and  maintain  good  order  at  the  polling-place, 
and  for  that  purpose  they  are  invested  with  the  powers  and  duties  of 
constables,  and  they  may  request  the  municipal  authority  to  detail 
one  or  more  policemen  to  assist  them.  Section  88.  They  may  also- 
commit  to  the  common  jail  of  the  county,  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
three  days,  by  an  order  in  writing,  any  person  who  refuses  to  obey 
their  lawful  commands  and  who  by  disorderly  conduct  in  their  hear¬ 
ing  or  presence  shall  interrupt  or  disturb  their  proceedings,  which 
order  shall  be  executed  by  any  sheriff  or  constable,  or,  in  case  of  the 
absence  of  the  sheriff  or  constable,  by  any  person  deputed  in  writing, 
for  that  purpose.  Section  186. 


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Canvassing  the  Vote. — Immediately  after  closing  the  polls  the 
-clerk  keeping  the  poll-book  shall  state,  after  the  last  name,  in  words 
written  at  full  length,  the  whole  number  of  the  names  of  the  voters  in 
the  poll-book,  as  follows :  “  The  whole  number  of  the  names  of  the 
persons  whose  votes  have  been  received  during  this  election  is 

- . The  members  of  the  district  board  shall  sign  their  names 

thereto.  Section  86.  (See  Form  No.  19  )  The  board  shall  then  un¬ 
lock.  the  ballot-box  and  canvass  the  votes.  The  judge  shall  take  the 
envelopes  from  the  box  separately,  remove  the  ballot  from  the  envel¬ 
ope,  read  it  publicly  and  deliver  both  envelope  and  ballot  to  the  in¬ 
spector,  who,  being  satisfied  that  the  ballot  was  properly  read,  shall 
number  the  ballot  on  its  back,  write  on  the  envelope  the  same  num¬ 
ber,  return  the  ballot  to  its  proper  envelope,  and  string  the  ballot  and 
envelope  as  one  ballot.  Section  87.  Each  clerk  shall  keep  a  tally- 
sheet.  Section  88.  The  excess  of  ballots  in  the  box  over  the  number 
of  names  on  the  poll-book  are  void ;  so,  also,  if  an  envelope  contain 
more  than  one  ballot,  all  the  ballots  in  such  envelope  are  void ;  all 
blank  ballots  are  void.  Section  91.  All  marked  ballots  and  all  ballots 
in  marked  envelopes  are  void.  Sections  58,  85.  All  ballots  on  which 
any  name  is  written  in  ink  or  with  pencil  other  than  black,  or  on 
which  pasters  are  used  printed  otherwise  than  with  black  ink  on 
white  paper,  are  void.  Sections  59,  85.  All  ballots  not  in  closed,  un¬ 
sealed  official  envelopes  are  void.  Section  80.  And  all  ballots  con¬ 
taining  more  names  for  any  office  than  there  are  persons  to  be  elected 
to  fill  such  office  are  void  as  to  such  office.  Section  92.  No  ballot 
wholly  void  shall  be  canvassed,  estimated  or  numbered,  but  all  such 
ballots  shall  be  returned  to  their  proper  envelopes,  and  on  each  such 
envelope  shall  be  written  the  words,  “  rejected  ballot,”  and  it  shall 
then  be  strung  on  a  different  twine  from  the  other  envelopes  and 
ballots.  Section  91.  After  all  the  votes  shall  have  been  read,  ex¬ 
amined,  numbered  and  strung  as  directed,  the  board  shall  cast  up  the 
vote  given  for  each  person.  Section  88.  They  shall  then  personally 
exafnine  the  tally-sheets,  and  if  they  find  these  sheets  and  the  record 
of  the  canvass  to  be  correct,  shall  sign  the  returns.  Section  89.  A 
plurality  of  votes  is  sufficient  to  elect,  and  a  tie  vote  renders  the  office 
vacant.  Section  93.  When  a  question  or  proposition  is  to  be  voted 
on  “  a  majority  of  the  legal  voters”  means  a  majority  of  the  legal 
voters  voting  on  such  question  or  proposition.  Section  185. 

Statement  of  Result  of  General  Election.— After  the  canvass 
has  been  made,  the  board  of  election  shall  make  a  statement  of  the 
result  thereof,  and  a  certificate  thereto  of  the  form  prescribed  by  law. 
Section  95.  No  member  shall  sign  such  statement  until  after  the 
-completion  of  the  counting  of  the  votes  and  his  personal  examination 
of  the  tally  sheets  to  determine  the  result.  Section  89.  A  copy  of  the 


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same  shall  be  made,  signed  and  delivered  to  the  township  or  city 
clerk,  and  a  copy  within  two  days  to  the  county  clerk.  In  the  case  of 
an  election  for  Governor,  or  for  members  of  the  House  of  Represen¬ 
tatives,  or  for  Electors  of  President  and  Vice  President,  a  copy  shall 
also  be  made  and  signed,  and  sent  by  mail  within  two  days  to  the 
Secretary  of  State.  Section  96. 

Statement  of  Result  and  Determination  of  Township  or 
Municipal  Elections.— In  every  township  or  municipality  (except¬ 
ing  cities)  where  there  is  but  one  election  district,  the  result  of  any 
township,  local  or  charter  election  shall  be  ascertained  and  deter¬ 
mined  by  the  district  board  of  election,  who  shall  write  out  their 
determination,  sign  the  same  and  file  it  with  the  township  or  munici¬ 
pal  clerk.  Where  there  are  two  or  more  election  districts,  two  mem¬ 
bers  from  each  board,  not  of  the  same  political  party  and  to  be 
designated  by  the  board,  shall  meet  at  2  o’clock  p.  m.  on  the  next  day 
after  the  local  election,  at  the  polling  place  in  the  district  where  the 
township  or  municipal  clerk  resides,  to  ascertain  and  determine  the 
result  of  the  election,  which  determination  shall  be  written  out, 
signed  by  the  officers  making  the  same,  and  filed  with  the  township  or 
municipal  clerk.  Such  determination  shall  set  forth  what  officers 
have  been  elected,  what  sums  of  money  voted,  what  propositions 
adopted,  and  the  result  of  the  election  in  all  other  particulars. 
Section  9 4. 

The  determination  of  the  result  of  city  elections  is  made  by  the 
county  canvassers.  Sections  102,  111. 

Disposition  of  Ballot-box,  Keys  and  Papers.— The  ballots 
cast  at  the  election,  whether  counted  or  rejected,  the  poll-list,  the 
tally  papers  and  all  unused  and  all  spoiled  official  envelopes,  shall  be 
deposited  in  the  ballot-box,  which,  being  locked  and  bound  with  tape 
and  sealed,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  township  or  city  clerk.  In  each 
city  the  city  clerk’s  office  shall  be  kept  open  for  the  reception  of  the 
ballot-boxes,  and  a  record  kept  of  the  time  of  their  reception  and  the 
names  of  the  persons  delivering  them.  Section  99.  The  checked 
register  of  voters  used  at  the  election  shall  be  filed  and  the  ballot-box 
keys  shall  be  deposited  with  the  county  clerk.  Section  67. 


XI.  PRIVILEGES  AND  DUTIES  OF  VOTERS. 

May  Attend  Meetings  of  Board  of  Registry  and  be  Heard. 

— Every  voter  is  entitled  to  be  freely  heard  in  relation  to  the  revision 
and  correction  of  the  registers,  and  for  that  purpose  may  attend  the' 
meetings  of  the  board.  Section  32. 


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On  Removal  May  Have  Certificate  to  Another  District. 

— Any  voter  who  shall  move  into  another  election  district  in  the 
same  county  after  being  registered  may  have  a  certificate  from  the 
registry  board  of  his  former  district,  upon  presentation  of  which  to 
the  registry  board  of  the  district  into  which  he  has  moved,  he  shall 
have  his  name  placed  upon  the  registy  thereof  and  be  allowed  to  vote 
therein.  Section  36.  (See  Form  No  16.) 

May  Have  Supply  of  Official  Ballots. — Any  voter  may  have 
not  less  than  fifty  official  ballots  issued  to  him  upon  application  in 
writing,  not  less  than  seven  days  before  the  election,  to  the  county  or 
municipal  clerk  (as  the  case  may  be),  and  paying  for  the  printing 
thereof,  which  ballots  may  be  used  at  the  election.  Sections  56,  57. 

Who  May  Vote.— Every  male  citizen  of  the  United  States,  of 
the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  who  shall  have  been  a  resident  of  this 
State  one  year,  and  of  the  county  in  which  he  claims  his  vote  five 
months,  next  before  the  election,  and  who  has  also  complied  with  the 
registration  laws,  and  has  not  disqualified  himself  by  any  crime,  has 
the  right  to  vote.  Sections  231^,  68,  69,  71,  78. 

How  He  Shall  Prepare  His  Ballot  and  Vote  It.— At  the 
polling-room  the  voter  shall  receive  from  an  inspector  of  election, 
as  he  enters  the  railed  enclosure,  one  of  each  of  the  official  ballots 
provided  for  use  in  the  polling-room  and  one  (and  only  one)  of  the 
official  envelopes,  and  he  shall  not  be  permitted  to  vote  until  he  shall 
have  received  said  ballots  and  envelope.  He  shall  then,  without 
delay  and  without  leaving  the  railed  enclosure,  retire  alone  to  one 
of  the  booths  or  compartments,  enter  the  same  and  close  the  door 
thereof,  and  remain  therein  (not  exceeding  five  minutes)  until  he 
shall  have  enclosed  in  the  envelope  the  ballot  he  intends  to  vote, 
whether  he  received  the  same  from  the  election  officer  or  obtained  it 
within  the  compartment  or  elsewhere.  The  ballot  must  be  entirely 
concealed  within  the  envelope.  He  shall  then  leave  the  compart¬ 
ment  and  immediately  deliver  the  ballot,  enclosed  in  the  envelope, 
with  the  flap  turned  down  but  not  sealed,  to  the  judge  of  the  election, 
and  shall  then,  without  unnecessary  delay,  leave  the  polling-room. 
Section  80.  Should  the  voter  spoil  his  envelope  he  may  have  another, 
but  only  one  more,  issued  to  him  on  returning  the  spoiled  one.  Sec¬ 
tion  51.  He  may  erase  from  his  ballot  any  name  or  names,  and  may 
write  or  paste  thereon  any  other  name  or  names,  but  in  doing  so  he 
must  use  black  ink  or  pencil;  if  colored  ink,  pencil  or  paster  is  used, 
the  ballot  shall  be  void.  Section  59.  He  shall  not  place  or  permit  to 
be  placed  upon  the  face  or  back  of  his  ballot  or  envelope  any  mark 
by  which  it  may  be  identified.  Section  58. 


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May  Vote  Although  His  Name  Has  Been  Checked.— A 

legal  voter  whose  name  has  already  been  checked  as  having  voted 
may  vote  notwithstanding  such  checking,  on  satisfying  the  board 
’that  he  has  not  previously  voted.  Section  82. 

When  and  How  He  May  be  Assisted.— No  voter  shall  ask 
for  or  receive  the  assistance  of  any  person  within  the  polling  place 
in  the  preparation  of  his  ballot,  except  when  he  shall  make  oath  and 
establish  to  the  satisfaction  of  a  majority  of  the  election  board  that 
by  reason  of  blindness  or  other  physical  disability  he  is  unable  to 
enter  and  remain  in  a  compartment,  or  to  prepare  his  ballot  therein 
for  voting,  without  assistance ;  he  may  bring  with  him  into  the  com¬ 
partment  a  person  of  his  own  selection  to  assist  him.  But  this  pro¬ 
vision  does  not  apply  to  intoxicated  or  illiterate  voters.  The  person 
offering  such  assistance  shall  not  reveal  to  any  other  person  the  name 
-of  any  candidate  for  whom  such  voter  has  voted.  Section  81.  (See 
Form  No.  20.) 

Shall  Not  Exhibit  His  Ballot  or  Reveal  Its  Contents. — 

No  voter  shall,  within  the  polling-room,  show  his  ballot,  after  it  has 
been  prepared  for  voting,  to  any  person  in  such  a  way  as  to  reveal  its 
■contents.  Section  198. 

Shall  Not  Accept  or  Contract  for  a  Bribe. — No  voter  shall 
receive,  agree  or  contract  for  any  gift,  loan  or  valuable  consideration, 
office,  place  or  employment  for  himself  or  any  other  person,  for 
voting,  agreeing  to  vote,  or  for  refraining  or  agreeing  to  refrain  from 
voting  or  registering.  Section  205. 

When  a  Naturalized  Citizen  is  Challenged.— If  a  natural¬ 
ized  citizen’s  right  to  be  registered  is  challenged  he  is  required  to 
prove  to  the  satisfaction  of  a  majority  of  the  board,  by  affidavit  or 
otherwise,  that  he  is  entitled  to  vote  in  that  district  at  the  next  elec¬ 
tion,  or  he  shall  produce  his  certificate  of  naturalization,  or  shall 
have  been  duly  registered  at  a  previous  election  in  that  district. 
^Section  73. 

Freedom  from  Arrest  on  Civil  Process. — No  person  hav¬ 
ing  the  right  to  vote  shall  be  arrested  by  virtue  of  any  civil  process 
•on  the  day  on  which  an  election  shall  be  held.  Section  70. 


XII.  AGENTS  OR  CHALLENGERS. 

Chairman  of  County  Committee  May  Appoint.— The  chair¬ 
man  of  the  county  committee  of  any  political  party  having  any  duly- 
nominated  candidate  to  be  voted  for  by  all  the  voters  within  the 
■county,  or  subdivision  thereof  greater  than  a  single  municipality, 


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and  any  group  of  candidates  nominated  by  petition,  may  appoint,  io 
writing,  two  agents  for  each  polling  place  in  the  county,  who  may 
act  as  challengers.  (See  Form  No  14.)  The  appointment-paper  shall 
specify  the  names  and  residences  of  the  agents  and  the  election  dis¬ 
tricts  for  which  they  are  respectively  appointed,  and  shall  be  filed 
with  the  county  board  of  elections  five  days  before  the  election,  and' 
the  county  board  shall  thereupon  issue  to  the  persons  named  in  the 
appointment-paper  permits  for  them  to  act  in  the  capacity  named. 
Section  63 .  (See  Form  No.  15.) 

Candidate  by  Petition  May  Appoint  —Any  candidate  duly 
nominated  by  petition  may  likewise  appoint  two  agents,  who  shall 
have  permits  issued  to  them  in  the  same  manner,  and  who  shall 
have  the  same  privileges;  provided ,  that  only  two  agents  shall  be 
allowed  for  each  polling  place  to  represent  all  the  candidates  of  each 
petition  or  group.  Section  63. 

Their  Authority.— The  agents  so  appointed  shall  file  their 
permits  with  the  board  of  registry  and  election  named  therein,  and 
shall  thereupon  have  authority  to  be  present  in  the  polling  place 
during  the  election,  and  to  be  within  the  railed  enclosure  during  the- 
counting  of  votes.  Section  63.  They  are  not  entitled  to  any  com¬ 
pensation  from  public  funds.  Section  180 . 

For  Municipal  or  Local  Elections.— For  an  election  within 
a  single  municipality  or  subdivision  thereof,  the  agents  may  be 
appointed  by  the  chairman  of  the  committee  of  each  political  party 
having  candidates  in  nomination  for  municipal  offices,  or  by  any 
candidate  nominated  by  petition,  &c.  Section  63. 


XIII.  SOLDIERS  AND  SAILORS. 

Constitutional  Provision.— In  time  of  war  no  elector  in  the 
actual  military  service  of  the  State,  or  of  the  United  States,  in  the 
army  or  navy  thereof,  shall  be  deprived  of  his  vote  by  reason  of  his 
absence  from  such  election  district ;  and  the  legislature  shall  have 
power  to  provide  the  manner  in  which,  and  the  time  and  place  at 
which,  such  absent  voters  may  vote,  and  for  the  return  and  canvass 
of  their  votes  in  the  election  districts  in  which  they  respectively 
reside.  Sections  234,  220. 

How  Vote  May  be  Cast.— Such  absent  elector  shall  by  an 
instrument  in  writing,  executed  not  more  than  sixty  days  before 
the  election,  and  of  the  form  prescribed  in  Section  224,  authorize  any 
elector  of  the  election  district  in  which  such  absent  elector  resides 


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to  cast  his  vote.  The  instrument  must  be  attested  by  two  witnesses 
and  duly  sworn  to.  Section  221.  The  form  of  the  affidavit  is  pre¬ 
scribed  in  Section  222.  The  ballot  and  the  written  instrument  of 
authority  must  be  enclosed  in  an  inner  envelope  and  sealed,  which 
inner  envelope  must  be  endorsed  with  the  affidavit  above  referred  to. 
The  inner  envelope,  with  its  contents,  shall  then  be  deposited  in  an 
outer  envelope,  which  must  be  endorsed  “  Soldier’s  (or  Sailor’s)  Vote/5' 
and  sealed  and  sent  by  mail,  or  otherwise,  to  the  person  authorized 
to  cast  the  vote.  Section  223.  The  person  to  whom  the  letter  is* 
directed  may  open  the  outer  but  not  the  inner  envelope,  and  shalli 
deliver  the  inner  envelope  unopened  to  the  district  election  board  on 
election  day.  Section  225.  The  person  making  such  delivery  shall 
with  the  inner  envelope,  also  present  his  affidavit  in  writing  that  the 
ballot  therewith  presented  has  been  received  by  him  for  delivery  to 
the  board  of  election ;  that  he  has  not  in  any  manner  changed,, 
altered  or  opened  the  said  ballot,  or  the  inner  envelope  thereof,  and 
that  he  believes  the  same  have  not  been  changed,  altered  or  opened 
by  any  other  person.  Section  228.  If,  on  the  presentation  of  such 
inner  envelope  and  affidavit,  the  board  find  that  the  name  of  the  per¬ 
son  subscribed  to  the  affidavit  endorsed  on  the  inner  envelope  is  om 
the  registry  list,  and  if  an  affidavit  be  made  and  subscribed  by  a  voter 
of  the  district  to  the  effect  that  he  knows  that  the  person  whose  vote 
is  so  offered  is  a  resident  of  such  district,  and  if  the  board  shall  deter¬ 
mine  that  the  person  whose  vote  is  so  offered  is  a  duly-qualified  voter 
in  such  election  district,  then,  and  not  otherwise,  the  board  shall 
publicly  open  the  inner  envelope  and  deposit  the  vote  or  ballot  ira 
the  ballot-box,  and  enter  the  name  of  such  voter  upon  the  poll-book* 
If  the  inner  envelope  has  been  opened  or  unsealed  before  its  delivery 
to  the  election  board,  the  ballot  therein  contained  shall  be  rejected* 
Section  225.  But  no  official  ballot  or  official  envelope  is  required* 
Section  232. 

Preservation  of  Affidavits,  &c— The  affidavits  and  instru¬ 
ments  above  described  are  to  be  kept  and  filed  by  the  clerk  of  elections 
in  the  same  manner  and  place  as  poll-books  are  required  to  be  filed 
and  kept.  Section  226.  The  law  also  declares  that  all  envelopes 
marked  “Soldier’s  (or  sailor’s)  votes,”  not  opened  at  Such  elections ,  shall 
be  likewise  kept  and  filed.  Section  226.  But  this  latter  provision  is 
inconsistent  with  section  225,  which  expressly  authorizes  the  elector 
to  whom  the  outer  envelope  is  addressed  to  open  it,  and  the  outer 
envelope  is  the  one  which  by  section  223  is  required  to  be  endorsed 
“  Soldier’s  (or  sailor’s)  vote.”  It  is  suggested  that  it  would  be  wise  to 
have  the  inner  envelope,  as  well  as  the  outer  envelope,  endorsed 
“  Soldier’s  (or  sailor’s)  vote.”  The  inner  envelope  would  then  have 

3  i 


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upon  it  the  endorsement  “  Soldier’s  (or  sailor’s  vote,”  and  the  endorse¬ 
ment  of  the  soldier’s  or  sailor’s  affidavit. 

Receipts  to  Postmaster.— Any  person  to  whom  there  has  been 
delivered  an  envelope  marked  as  provided  by  law — that  is,  endorsed 
u  Soldier’s  (or  sailor’s)  vote  ’’—shall  give  the  postmaster  a  receipt 
therefor.  Section  227. 

Blank  Forms  and  Envelopes,  How  Provided.— The  Secre¬ 
tary  of  State  is  required  to  prepare  and  have  printed  the  necessary 
blank  forms  and  envelopes,  and  shall  forward  the  same,  with  copies 
of  those  sections  of  the  law  relating  to  soldiers’  and  sailors’  votes,  at 
least  one  month  before  election,  to  the  several  regiments,  hospitals, 
posts  and  naval  stations,  in  sufficient  quantity  to  furnish  each  soldier 
and  sailor  with  one  copy  of  each  blank  form  and  envelope  and  one 
copy  of  the  sections  of  the  law  above  referred  to.  Section  232. 

Penalties. — Failure  to  perform  duty  by  any  member  of  the  board 
of  election,  presenting  to  the  board  any  false,  forged,  altered  or 
changed  ballot,  envelope  or  instrument  of  authority,  and  intimida¬ 
tion  of  soldiers  or  sailors  in  the  exercise  of  their  right  to  vote,  is  made 
punishable  by  fine  and  imprisonment.  Sections  229,  230,  231. 


XIV.  COUNTY  CANVASSERS. 

Time,  Place  and  Character  of  Meeting1.— The  board  of  county 
canvassers  shall  meet  on  Friday  next  after  the  election,  at  12  o’clock 
noon,  at  the  county  court  house.  Section  103.  The  proceedings  shall 
be  open  and  public.  Section  117. 

How  Constituted  and  Organized.— The  county  board  of  elec¬ 
tions  shall  constitute  the  board  of  county  canvassers  for  all  general 
and  special  elections  in  this  state,  and  for  all  local  or  municipal  elec¬ 
tions  in  the  cities  of  this  state.  The  county  clerk  shall  be  clerk  of  the 
board.  Section  102.  If  the  county  clerk  be  absent,  the  board  shall 
appoint  a  fit  person  to  act  as  clerk.  The  chairman  shall  administer 
to  the  clerk  of  the  board  (whether  it  be  the  county  clerk  or  a  person 
appointed  by  the  board)  the  official  oath  prescribed  by  law.  Sec¬ 
tion  10 If. 

Adjournment. — If  at  the  time  and  place  appointed  for  the  meet¬ 
ing  of  the  board  a  major  part  shall  not  attend  or  if  at  such  time  the 
statements  of  the  result  of  the  election  from  every  election  district 
shall  not  be  produced,  the  board  shall  adjourn  to  some  convenient 
hour  on  the  next  day,  and  at  the  hour  to  which  such  adjournment 
shall  be  had,  the  canvassers  then  present  may  proceed  with  their 
duties,  or  they  may  again  adjourn  for  a  period  not  exceeding  three 
days.  Section  105.  In  case  of  adjournment  all  statements  of^the 


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result  of  the  election  delivered  to  such  board,  or  to  any  member 
thereof,  shall,  in  the  presence  of  the  board  and  before  it  shall  adjourn, 
be  securely  enclosed  and  sealed  and  delivered  to  the  county  clerk  for 
safe  keeping  until  the  next  meeting  of  the  board.  Section  107. 

County  Clerk  to  Obtain  Missing-  Statement.— If  at  the  time 
ifixed  for  the  meeting  of  the  board  any  of  the  statements  of  the  result 
of  the  election  have  not  been  filed  with  the  county  clerk,  he  shall 
forthwith,  by  special  messenger  or  otherwise,  obtain  the  same  for  the 
next  meeting  of  the  board  at  the  expense  of  the  county.  Section  106. 
If  a  special  messenger  be  employed,  he  shall  be  commissioned,  in 
writing,  under  the  hand  and  official  seal  of  the  county  clerk,  and 
shall  exhibit  his  commission  to  the  person  to  whom  he  shall  apply 
for  such  missing  statement.  Section  121}.  (See  Form  No.  21.)  All 
statements  produced  and  laid  before  the  board  shall  be  filed  by  the 
county  clerk  in  his  office.  Section  116. 

Powers  of  County  Canvassers.— The  decision  of  the  majority 
of  the  members  shall  be  taken  as  the  decision  of  the  board.  Any 
member  may,  however,  dissent  from  any  decision  of  the  board  by 
stating  such  dissent  in  writing  and  delivering  the  same  to  the  county 
clerk  to  be  filed  in  his  office.  Section  117.  Boards  of  county  can¬ 
vassers  may  commit  disorderly  persons  who  disturb  their  proceed¬ 
ings  to  the  common  jail  of  the  county.  Section  186. 

Statements  of  Results  of  Election  Made  by  County  Can¬ 
vassers. — The  county  clerk  shall  produce  and  lay  before  the  board 
all  statements  of  the  result  of  election  that  have  been  filed  in  his 
office.  Section  103.  The  board  shall  then  proceed  to  make  two  state¬ 
ments  of  the  result  of  the  election  in  the  county,  each  of  which  state¬ 
ments  shall  contain  the  name  of  each  election  district,  the  number  of 
the  names  of  the  voters  on  the  poll-books  of  each  election  district, 
and  of  the  ballots  rejected,  and  the  whole  number  of  such  names  and 
rejected  ballots  in  all  of  said  election  districts,  the  number  of  votes 
.given  in  each  election  district  for  each  person  voted  for,  and  the 
whole  number  of  votes  given  for  each  person  for  any  office,  mention¬ 
ing  the  office  or  offices  for  which  each  person  was  designated.  Each 
statement  shall  be  certified  to  be  true  and  correct  by  a  certificate 
appended  thereto  signed  by  the  members  of  the  board  making  the 
canvass.  Sections  108,  109.  Each  statement  shall  be  certified  to  be 
true  and  correct.  One  of  the  statements  so  made  and  certified  shall 
toe  delivered  to  the  county  clerk  and  by  him  filed  in  his  office,  and 
the  other  shall  be  enclosed  and  sealed  up  by  the  chairman  of  the 
board,  who  shall  deliver  or  safely  transmit  the  same  to  the  Secretary 
of  State,  so  that  he  shall  receive  the  same  within  three  days  after  the 
meeting  of  the  board,  to  be  filed  by  such  secretary  in  his  office. 
Section  110. 


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In  case  of  any  municipal  election  in  any  city,  the  second  copy  of 
the  statement,  instead  of  being  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  should 
be  delivered  or  transmitted  to  the  city  clerk,  to  be  by  him  filed. 
Section  110.  All  statements  of  the  result  of  an  election  shall  be  made 
by  boards  of  county  canvassers  upon  the  statements  produced  and 
laid  before  them.  Section  113. 

Statements  of  Determination  of  County  Canvassers. — In 
case  of  any  election  for  member  of  the  Senate,  members  of  the  Gen* 
eral  Assembly,  or  for  any  county  or  city  officer  or  officers,  the  county 
board  shall  not  only  make  a  statement  of  the  result  of  the  election, 
but  they  shall  also  determine  who  have  been  elected  and  make  and 
certify  a  statement  of  such  determination.  The  certificate  to  such 
determination  shall  be  signed  by  the  chairman  and  attested  by  the- 
clerk.  The  statement  of  the  determination,  with  such  certificate 
thereto,  shall  be  annexed  to  the  statement  of  the  result  of  the  election 
and  delivered  to  the  county  clerk,  to  be  by  him  filed.  In  the  case  of 
an  election  for  any  city  officer  or  officers,  another  copy  of  such 
determination,  as  to  such  officer  or  officers,  shall  be  likewise  made, 
signed  and  attested,  and  filed  with  the  city  clerk.  Sections  111 ,  112. 
All  such  statements  shall  be  made  upon  the  statements  produced  and 
laid  before  the  county  board.  Section  113.  The  county  clerk  shall, 
without  delay,  deliver  to  each  person  determined  to  be  elected  to  the 
office  of  Senator,  member  of  the  General  Assembly,  or  to  any  county 
office,  a  copy  of  such  statement  of  determination  and  of  the  certificate 
thereto  annexed,  which  certified  copy  shall  be  signed  by  the  county 
clerk  and  have  the  seal  of  the  county  thereto  affixed.  A  like  certified 
copy  shall  be  transmitted  by  the  county  clerk  to  the  secretary  of 
state  within  five  days  after  the  meeting  of  the  board.  Section  111/.. 


XV.  STATE  CANVASSERS. 

Time  and  Place  of  Meeting.— The  State  canvassers  shall  meet 
in  the  Senate  chamber,  or  some  other  convenient  place,  in  Trenton, 
at  2  o’clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  twenty-first  day  after  the  election,, 
for  the  purpose  of  canvassing  and  estimating  the  votes  given  for 
members  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  electors  of  President  and 
Vice  President,  or  Governor,  and  of  determining  and  declaring  who 
have  been  elected.  Section  119. 

How  Constituted  and  Organized.— The  Governor  and  four  or 
more  members  of  the  Senate,  summoned  by  the  Governor  and  rep¬ 
resenting  different  political  parties,  shall  constitute  the  board  of- 
State  canvassers.  The  Governor  shall  be  its  chairman,  and  the  Sec¬ 
retary  of  State,  if  present,  its  clerk.  Section  119.  The  official  oath 


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prescribed  by  law  shall  be  administered  by  the  chairman  to  the  other 
members,  and  by  one  of  such  members  to  the  chairman.  Section  120. 
After  such  oaths  have  been  taken,  the  chairman  shall  administer  the 
proper  official  oath  to  the  clerk,  the  board  having  the  power,  in  the 
absence  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  to  appoint  a  fit  person  to  act  as 
clerk.  Section  121. 

Vacancies— How  Filled.— If  a  number  of  the  members  of  the 
Senate  summoned  by  the  Governor,  sufficient  to  constitute  the  board, 
shall  not  attend  the  meeting  thereof,  the  Governor  shall  summon  as 
members  of  such  board  as  many  fit  persons,  possessing  the  qualifica¬ 
tions  required  for  members  of  the  Senate,  as  shall  be  necessary  to 
complete  the  number  required  to  constitute  the  board.  Section  122. 

Secretary  of  State  to  Obtain  Missing  Statements.— If  the 
■Secretary  of  State  shall  not  receive,  from  any  county  board  of  can¬ 
vassers  its  statement  of  the  result  of  the  election  in  such  county 
within  seven  days  after  the  meeting  of  the  county  canvassers,  or  if, 
having  received  such  statement,  it  shall  not  include  the  statement 
of  the  result  of  the  election  in  every  election  district  in  such  county, 
he  shall  forthwith,  by  special  messenger  or  otherwise,  obtain  the 
missing  statements.  Section  118.  If  a  special  messenger  be  em¬ 
ployed,  he  shall  be  commissioned,  in  writing,  under  the  hand  and 
official  seal  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  shall  exhibit  his  com¬ 
mission  to  the  person  to  whom  he  shall  apply  for  the  statement. 
Section  121/,.  (See  Form  No.  21.)  All  statements  received  and  ob¬ 
tained  by  him  shall  be  produced  and  laid  before  the  State  board  of 
•canvassers.  Section  118,  123.  If  he  shall  neglect  so  to  do,  the  chair¬ 
man  of  the  State  board  shall  summon  him  to  perform  that  duty. 
Section  125..  Such  statements,  after  use  by  the  State  board,  shall  be 
ifiled  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  in  his  office.  Section  128. 

Meeting  to  be  Public  —The  proceedings  of  the  State  board 
shall  be  open  and  public.  Section  129. 

Powers  of  State  Canvassers. — The  decision  of  a  majority  of 
the  members  of  the  State  board  shall  be  taken  to  be  the  decision  of 
the  board.  Any  member  may,  however,  dissent  from  any  decision 
by  stating  his  dissent  in  writing  and  delivering  it  to  the  Secretary  of 
State  to  be  filed  in  his  office.  Section  129.  The  board  may  commit 
to  the  common  jail  of  the  county  any  disorderly  person  who  may 
■disturb  their  proceedings.  Section  186. 

Statements  Made  by  State  Canvassers.— The  State  board 
of  canvassers  shall  make  a  statement  of  the  result  of  the  election 
similar  in  form  to  that  made  by  the  county  canvassers,  which  shall 
be  certified  to  be  true  and  correct  under  the  hand  of  the  chairman  of 
the  board,  attested  by  the  clerk  thereof.  Section  123 . 


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The  board  shall  also  determine  the  person  or  persons  elected  to¬ 
oth  ce,  and  make  a  statement  of  their  determination  similar  in  form 
to  that  made  by  the  county  canvassers,  which  statement  shall  also  bo 
certified  to  be  true  and  correct  under  the  hand  of  the  chairman  of  the* 
board,  attested  by  the  clerk  thereof.  Section  123. 

Both  of  the  above  statements,  with  the  certificates  thereto  annexed,, 
shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  Section  123.  Both- 
of  said  statements  shall  be  made  only  upon  the  statements  of  the 
result  of  the  election  produced  and  laid  before  the  board.  Section  126. 
The  Secretary  of  State  shall  make  and  deliver  to  each  person  declared 
to  be  elected  a  copy  of  the  statement  of  determination,  which  copy 
shall  be  certified  under  his  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  State.  Section  127.. 


XVI.  RECOUNT  OF  VOTES. 

Whenever  any  candidate  at  any  election  shall  have  reason  to  be¬ 
lieve  that  an  error  has  been  made  by  any  board  of  election  or  of  can¬ 
vassers  in  counting  the  vote  or  declaring  the  result  of  the  election, 
whereby  the  result  of  the  election  has  been  changed,  he  may,  within 
ten  days  after  the  election,  apply  to  a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
for  a  recount,  and  such  justice  is  authorized  to  order  a  recount  to  be 
made.  Sections  159  to  161. 


XVII.  CONTESTED  ELECTIONS. 

Governor. — Proceedings  relating  to  a  contest  in  the  case  of  an- 
election  for  Governor  are  prescribed  in  sections  141  to  152. 

Legislature  and  Congress. — Proceedings  relating  to  a  contest 
in  the  case  of  an  election  of  State  Senator,  member  of  the  General1 
Assembly,  or  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States,  are  prescribed  in  sections  153  to  158. 

County,  Township,  City  or  Other  Municipal  Offices.— Pro¬ 
ceedings  relating  to  a  contest  in  the  case  of  an  election  of  any  officer 
of  any  county,  city,  borough,  village,  township  or  other  municipality.,, 
are  prescribed  in  sections  162  to  177. 


XVIII.  THE  LEGISLATURE. 

Election  of  Members. — Members  of  the  General  Assembly  are 
elected  annually  on  the  Tuesday  next  after  the  first  Monday  in> 
November.  Section  1. 


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Place  of  Meeting. — The  Senate  and  General  Assembly  shall  con¬ 
vene  and  hold  their  sessions  in  the  State  House  at  Trenton.  Section 
115. 

Evidence  of  Right  of  Members  to  Seats. — In  the  organiza¬ 
tion  of  each  house  the  certified  copies  of  the  statements  of  determina¬ 
tion  of  the  county  boards  of  canvassers,  made  by  the  county  clerk,  or 
the  certificate  issued  by  the  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  in  case 
of  a  recount,  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  prima  facie  evidence 
of  the  right  of  the  persons  therein  mentioned  to  seats  in  the  houses, 
respectively,  to  which  they  have  been  declared  to  be  elected.  Sec - 
tions  115 ,  159. 

Vacancy— How  Created. — If  any  person  elected  to  the  Senate 
or  General  Assembly  shall  neglect  or  refuse  for  ten  days  next  after 
the  commencement  of  the  session  of  such  house  to  take  his  seat 
therein,  or  to  send  to  such  house  a  satisfactory  excuse,  or  shall,  dur¬ 
ing  any  session  of  such  house,  be  absent  unremittingly  for  ten  days 
(unless  expressly  excused  by  such  house),  or  shall  remove  from  and 
cease  to  be  a  resident  of  this  State,  or  of  the  county  for  which  he  may 
have  been  elected,  his  office  shall  be  deemed  vacant.  Section  18^ 

Vacancies— How  Supplied.— Whenever  any  vacancy  shall  hap¬ 
pen  in  the  State  Senate  or  General  Assembly,  the  house  in  which  the 
vacancy  happens  shall  issue  a  writ  of  election  for  supplying  the  same, 
unless  such  house  shall  be  of  opinion  that  the  services  of  a  person  in 
the  vacant  office  will  not  be  required  during  the  unexpired  portion 
of  the  legislative  year ;  if  the  vacancy  happens  during  the  recess  of 
the  Legislature,  or  after  the  annual  election  and  not  less  than  fifteen 
days  before  the  commencement  of  the  legislative  year,  the  Governor 
shall  issue  such  writ  of  election  unless  of  opinion  that  the  services  of 
a  person  in  the  vacant  office  will  not  be  required  for  the  unexpired 
portion  of  the  legislative  year ;  the  board  of  chosen  freeholders  of  any 
county  may,  however,  require  such  writ  to  be  issued.  Section  133. 
The  writ  shall  be  in  the  nature  of  a  proclamation,  shall  be  signed  by 
the  Governor,  President  of  the  Senate,  or  Speaker  of  the  House  of 
Assembly,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  specify  the  cause  and  purpose  of 
the  election,  the  name  of  the  officer  in  whose  office  the  vacancy  has 
occurred,  and  the  day  on  which  the  election  shall  be  held,  which  shall 
not  be  less  than  fifteen  nor  more  than  forty  days  from  the  date  of  the 
writ.  Section  136.  The  writ  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Secretary  of 
State,  who  shall  affix  thereto  the  seal  of  this  State  and  file  it  in  his 
office  and  send  a  certified  copy  thereof  to  the  clerk  of  the  county  in 
whose  representation  the  vacancy  happens.  Section  137.  The  county 
clerk  shall  publish  the  copy  so  received  by  him,  at  the  expense  of  the 
county,  in  at  least  four  of  the  newspapers  of  the  county,  at  least  once 
a  week,  until  the  time  of  election.  Section  138. 


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XIX.  HOUSE  OP  REPRESENTATIVES. 

Who  Not  Eligible. — No  person  shall  be  elected  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  who  shall  hold  any  office  of  trust  or  profit 
under  the  United  States.  Section  188. 

When  and  How  Members  are  Elected.— Members  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  shall  be  elected  on  the  Tuesday  next  after 
the  first  Monday  in  November,  1898,  and  at  the  same  time  in  every 
second  year  thereafter.  Section  182. 

Election— How  Certified. — In  case  of  the  election  of  one  or 
more  members  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  a  general  certificate 
of  the  election  is  signed  by  the  Governor,  attested  by  the  Secretary  of 
State,  sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  State,  and  transmitted  to  the  clerk 
of  the  House  of  Representatives,  if  in  session,  and,  if  not  in  session, 
then  at  their  first  meeting.  Section  130. 

Vacancy — How  Supplied. — Whenever  a  vacancy  shall  happen 
in  the  representation  of  this  State  in  the  House  of  Representatives, 
the  Governor  shall  issue  a  writ  of  election  to  fill  the  vacancy,  unless 
the  term  of  the  person  whose  office  is  vacant  would  have  expired 
within  two  months  after  the  happening  of  the  vacancy.  Section  135. 
The  writ  shall  be  in  the  nature  of  a  proclamation,  shall  be  signed  by 
the  Governor,  shall  specify  the  cause  and  purpose  of  the  election,  the 
name  of  the  representative  in  whose  office  the  vacancy  has  happened, 
and  the  day  on  which  the  election  shall  be  held,  which  shall  not  be 
less  than  fifteen  or  more  than  forty  days  from  the  date  of  the  writ. 
Section  136.  The  writ  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  who 
shall  affix  thereto  the  seal  of  the  State,  file  it  in  his  office,  and  send  a 
certified  copy  thereof  to  each  county  clerk  in  the  congressional  dis¬ 
trict  affected  by  the  vacancy.  Section  137.  Each  county  clerk  shall 
publish  the  copy  so  received,  at  the  expense  of  the  State,  in  all  news¬ 
papers  of  the  county  at  least  once  a  week  until  the  time  of  the  elec¬ 
tion.  Section  138. 

Congressional  Districts. — The  congressional  districts  of  this 
State  are  set  forth  in  section  181. 


XX.  PRESIDENTIAL  ELECTORS. 

Who  Ineligible. — No  person  shall  be  elected  to  the  office  of  an 
elector  of  President  and  Vice  President  who  shall  hold  any  office  of 
trust  or  profit  under  the  United  States,  or  who  shall  hold  the  office  of 
Senator  or  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States.  Section  183. 


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Qualifications  of  Electors. — Each  elector  of  President  and  Vice 
President  must  be  a  male  citizen  of  the  United  States,  of  the  age  of 
twenty-five  years  or  upwards,  and  an  inhabitant  of  this  State,  and 
have  been  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  seven  years  next  preceding 
the  election.  Section  3. 

When  and  How  Elected.— They  are  to  be  elected  on  the  Tues¬ 
day  next  after  the  first  Monday  in  November,  1900,  and  at  the  same 
time  in  each  fourth  year  thereafter.  Section  3. 

Election— How  Certified. — Their  election  is  certified  by  a  gen¬ 
eral  certificate  of  election,  signed  by  the  Governor,  attested  by  the 
•Secretary  of  State,  sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  State,  and  delivered  to 
the  president  of  the  college  of  electors  of  this  State  on  the  day  and  at 
the  time  and  place  appointed  for  the  meeting  of  the  college.  Section 
130. 

Time  and  Place  of  Meeting. — The  electors  shall  meet  at  the 
State  House  at  Trenton,  on  the  day  appointed  by  Congress,  at  the 
hour  of  3  o’clock  in  the  afternoon,  and,  after  choosing  a  president 
and  secretary  from  their  own  body,  shall  proceed  to  perform  the 
duties  required  of  them  by  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  the  United 
States.  Section  131. 

Vacancies— How  Supplied. — Vacancies  happening  in  the  elec¬ 
toral  college  shall  be  filled  by  the  other  members  thereof.  Section  132 . 


XXI.  CHARTER  ELECTIONS  IN  CITIES. 

The  provisions  of  the  election  law  relating  to  the  nomination  of 
candidates  and  the  use  of  official  ballots  and  envelopes  apply  to  all 
charter,  local  and  special  elections  in  all  of  the  cities  of  this  State. 
Section  85. 


XXII.  LOCAL  OR  CHARTER  ELECTIONS  IN  TOWN¬ 
SHIPS  AND  MUNICIPALITIES  OTHER  THAN 
CITIES. 

The  township  or  municipal  clerk  must  provide  a  suitable  room  for 
the  election  and  arrange  it  with  booths  and  railings ;  ballots  are  to 
he  furnished  by  candidates  or  other  interested  parties  and  are  not 
■official,  but  they  must  be  printed  with  black  ink  on  white  paper  after 
the  manner  and  style  required  for  the  general  election;  the  township 
or  municipal  clerk  must  furnish  official  envelopes  ( Section  85)  and 
•canvassing  books,  poll-books,  registry  books  and  all  necessary  blanks. 
Section  62. 


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XXIII.  INCOMPATIBLE  OFFICES. 

No  person  shall  hold  at  the  same  time  more  than  one  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  offices:  Elector  of  President  and  Vice  President  of  the  United 
States,  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States^ 
member  of  the  Senate  or  of  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State, 
county  clerk,  register,  surrogate,  sheriff  or  coroner.  The  acceptance 
of  any  such  office  by  a  person  holding  another  of  them  shall  vacate 
the  office  to  which  he  was  previously  elected  or  appointed.  Section 
181/,.  No  election  officer  is  eligible  to  any  office  to  be  filled  at  the 
election  at  which  he  serves.  Section  81/. 


XXIV.  ELECTION  DISTRICTS. 

When  more  than  six  hundred  votes  have  been  cast  in  any  election* 
district,  it  must  be  divided  or  re-adjusted  by  the  township  committee,, 
mayor  and  common  council,  or  other  governing  body  of  the  munici¬ 
pality.  Districts  may  also  be  consolidated  where  necessary.  No¬ 
district  shall  contain  more  than  six  hundred  or  less  than  one  hun¬ 
dred  and  fifty  voters,  and  in  every  division  or  re-adjustment  the 
geographical  compactness  and  convenience  of  the  voters  shall  be 
considered.  A  description  of  the  boundaries  of  every  new  election 
district  and  of  every  district  affected  by  any  division,  change  or 
re-adjustment,  shall  be  filed  in  the  county  clerk’s  office,  and  a  dupli¬ 
cate  thereof  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  township,  city  or  other 
municipality.  Sections  9  to  12. 


XXV.  PRIMARY  ELECTIONS. 

Provisions  concerning  the  manner  of  conducting  primary  elections 
are  contained  in  sections  214  to  219. 


XXVI.  EXPENSES  OF  ELECTIONS. 

Compensation  of  Members  of  District  Boards. — In  cities 
having  a  population  exceeding  40,000  inhabitants  each  member  shal} 
receive  $5  for  each  registry  day  and  $10  for  the  election  day  (the  elec¬ 
tion  day  including  the  counting  of  the  votes  and  the  delivery  of  the 
returns  and  ballot-box  with  contents  to  the  municipal  clerk),  which. 


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compensation  is  the  same  for  general  and  municipal  elections.  In 
all  other  cities,  townships  and  other  municipalities,  each  member 
shall  receive  for  each  local  or  charter  election  $3  for  each  registry 
day  and  $7  for  the  election  day  (the  election  day  including  the  count¬ 
ing  of  the  votes  and  the  delivery  of  the  returns  and  the  ballot-box) ; 
and  for  each  general  or  special  election,  held  in  and  for  the  whole 
county,  each  member  shall  receive  a  compensation  of  $15  in  a  district 
the  number  of  whose  registered  voters  is  not  more  than  150;  $20  in  a 
district  the  number  of  whose  registered  voters  is  more  than  150  and 
not  more  than  300,  and  $25  in  a  district  the  number  of  whose  regis¬ 
tered  voters  is  more  than  300.  Section  178. 

Compensation  for  Services  of  County  and  Municipal 
Clerks.— County  and  municipal  clerks,  for  their  services,  are  entitled 
to  fair  and  reasonable  compensation,  to  be  determined,  in  the  case  of 
a  county  clerk,  by  the  board  of  chosen  freeholders,  and  in  the  case  of 
a  municipal  clerk  by  the  governing  body  of  the  city,  township  or 
municipality.  Section  179. 

Compensation  of  County  Board  of  Elections.— The  county 
board  of  elections  are  entitled  to  reasonable  compensation  for  their 
services,  to  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  chosen  freeholders.  The  member 
acting  as  secretary  thereof  may  also  receive  an  additional  compensa¬ 
tion  not  exceeding  one-third  of  the  compensation  of  the  individual 
members  of  the  board,  except  in  counties  of  the  first  class,  where  each 
such  board  shall  have  a  clerk,  who  shall  receive  such  compensation 
as  shall  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  chosen  freeholders.  Section  180. 

General  Expenses  —All  costs,  charges  and  expenses  incurred  by 
county  and  municipal  clerks  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the 
law  (except  for  ballots  furnished  to  individuals  on  their  order),  and 
the  compensation  of  district  boards  of  registry  and  election,  and  all 
other  expenses  incurred  by  any  officer  or  person  duly  authorized  in 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the  law,  shall  be  paid,  in  the  case  of 
any  general  election  or  any  special  election  held  in  and  for  a  whole 
county,  by  the  county,  and  in  the  case  of  any  other  election  by  the 
city,  township  or  municipality  in  and  for  which  such  other  election 
is  held.  All  bills,  before  being  paid,  shall,  however,  be  itemized 
and  verified  by  the  oath  of  the  claimant,  and  audited  and  approved 
by  the  clerk  of  the  county,  township,  city  or  municipality  who  con¬ 
tracted  the  bill  charged  for.  No  agent  or  challenger  is  entitled  to 
any  compensation.  The  board  of  chosen  freeholders  shall  include 
in  their  annual  tax  levy  a  sum  sufficient  to  pay  all  election  expenses 
chargeable  to  the  county  and  the  compensation  of  the  county  board 
of  elections.  Section  180. 


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XXVII.  CRIMES  AND  PENALTIES. 

Crimes,  misdemeanors  and  other  punishable  acts  are  defined  as 
follows : 

Secretary  of  State  and  Clerk  of  State  Board  of  Can¬ 
vassers. — Willfully  and  knowingly  certifying,  signing  or  attesting 
any  false  or  untrue  statement  of  the  result  of  any  election,  or  of  the 
certificate  thereto,  by  the  Secretary  of  State.  Section  189. 

Willfully  and  knowingly  certifying,  signing  or  attesting  any  false 
or  untrue  statement  of  the  determination  of  any  State  board  of  can¬ 
vassers,  or  of  the  certificate  thereto,  by  the  Secretary  of  State.  Sec¬ 
tion  189. 

Willfully  and  corruptly  suppressing,  destroying,  multilating,  chang¬ 
ing  or  altering  any  statement  or  certificate  of  the  result  of  any  elec¬ 
tion,  or  any  copy  thereof,  by  the  Secretary  of  State.  Section  189. 

Omission  or  refusal  of  the  Secretary  of  State  to  produce  and  lay 
before  the  State  board  of  canvassers  the  statements  of  the  results  of 
-election.  Section  189. 

County  Clerk.— Willfully  and  corruptly  suppressing,  destroying, 
mutilating,  changing  or  altering  any  statement  or  certificate  of  the 
result  of  any  election,  or  any  copy  thereof,  by  any  county  clerk. 
Section  189. 

Omission  or  refusal  of  county  clerk  to  produce  and  lay  before  the 
board  of  county  canvassers  any  statement  or  certificate  of  the  result 
of  any  election.  Section  189. 

County  Board  of  Canvassers.— Willfully  and  knowingly  certi¬ 
fying,  signing  or  attesting  any  false  or  untrue  statement  of  the  result 
of  any  election,  or  of  the  certificate  thereto,  by  the  chairman  or  clerk 
of  any  county  board  of  canvassers.  Section  189. 

Willfully  and  knowingly  certifying,  signing  or  attesting  any  false 
or  untrue  statement  of  the  determination  of  any  county  board  of 
canvassers,  or  of  the  certificate  thereto,  by  the  chairman  or  clerk  of 
such  board.  Section  189. 

Willfully  and  corruptly  refusing  or  omitting  to  certify,  sign  or 
attest  any  certificate  required  to  be  certified,  signed  or  attested  by 
any  chairman  or  clerk  of  the  county  board  of  canvassers.  Section  189. 

District  Boards  of  Registry  and  Election.— Knowingly  or 
willfully  receiving,  or  assenting  to  receive,  the  vote  of  any  person  who 
is  not  by  law  entitled  and  qualified  to  vote.  Section  191. 

Willfully  and  designedly  making  and  signing  any  false  or  untrue 
statement  or  certificate  of  the  result  of  any  such  election.  Section  191. 

Suppressing,  destroying,  withholding,  mutilating,  changing  or  alter¬ 
ing  any  statement  or  certificate  of  the  result  of  any  election,  or  any 
copy  thereof.  Section  191. 


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Knowingly  and  willfully  making  any  false  or  untrue  entry  in  any" 
poll-book.  Section  191. 

Willfully  and  corruptly  writing  any  figure  or  mark  opposite  the 
name  of  any  person  voted  for  at  any  election  in  canvassing  and  esti¬ 
mating  the  votes  received  at  such  election.  Section  191. 

Refusing  or  omitting  to  write  any  figure  or  mark  opposite  the 
name  of  any  person  voted  for  at  any  election  when  the  writing  of 
such  figure  or  mark  is  required  by  law.  Section  191. 

Corruptly  and  without  sufficient  excuse  omitting  or  refusing  to 
deliver  or  transmit  to  the  county  clerk,  within  the  time  prescribed 
by  law,  the  statement  of  the  result  of  any  election.  Section  191. 

Revealing  how  any  person  has  voted  by  any  member  of  a  district 
board  of  election  who  has  knowledge  thereof.  Section  201 

Neglect  or  failure  by  any  member  of  a  district  board  of  registry  and 
election,  duly  appointed  by  the  board  for  that  purpose,  to  deliver  or 
safely  transmit  the  statement  of  the  result  of  any  election  within  the 
time  required  by  law.  Section  97. 

Wilfully  neglecting  or  refusing  to  perform  any  duty  respecting* 
soldiers  and  sailors.  Section  229. 

Fraudently  or  corruptly  disclosing  what  other  candidates  were 
voted  for  on  any  ballot  bearing  a  name  not  printed  thereon.  Section 
201. 

Fraudulently  or  corruptly  giving  any  information  concerning  the 
appearance  of  any  ballot  or  envelope  voted.  Section  201. 

Willfully  refusing  to  enter  in  canvassing  books  or  upon  the  registers 
the  name  of  any  person  legally  entitled  to  vote.  Section  33. 

Registering  the  name  of  any  person  contrary  to  the  provisions  oF 
the  law.  Section  33. 

Receiving  the  vote  of  any  person  whose  name  shall  not  appear  on 
the  revised  and  corrected  register,  unless  such  name  shall  have  been 
ordered  added  thereto  in  the  manner  provided  by  law.  Section  S3. 

The  Printer. — Appropriating  to  himself,  or  giving  or  delivering, 
or  knowingly  permitting  to  be  taken  by  any  printer  of  official  ballots 
or  envelopes,  any  of  said  ballots  or  envelopes  by  any  other  person 
than  the  county  or  municipal  clerk  or  his  duly-authorized  agent- 
Section  199. 

Printing,  or  causing  to  be  printed,  any  official  ballot  or  envelope  in 
any  other  form  than  that  prescribed  by  the  county  or  municipal 
clerk,  or  with  any  other  names  thereon,  or  with  the  names  spelled  or 
the  names  or  printing  thereon  arranged  in  any  other  way  than  that 
authorized  and  directed  by  law.  Section  199. 

General  Offenses. — Willful  and  corrupt  swearing  by  any  person 
in  taking  any  oath,  affirmation  or  deposition  prescribed  or  authorized 
by  the  election  law.  Section  188. 


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Willfully  and  corruptly  suborning  or  procuring  any  person  to  swear 
or  affirm  falsely  in  taking  any  oath,  affirmation  or  deposition  pre¬ 
scribed  or  authorized  by  the  election  law.  Section  188. 

Robbing  or  plundering  any  ballot-box.  Section  190. 

Unlawfully  and  by  stealth  or  violence  taking  or  removing  from  any 
ballot-box  any  ballot,  envelope  or  other  paper.  Section  190. 

Changing,  altering  or  destroying  any  ballot  or  envelope  or  other 
paper  contained  in  any  ballot-box.  Section  190. 

Willfully  and  corruptly  suppressing,  withholding,  mutilating,  de¬ 
stroying,  altering  or  changing  any  return  statement  or  certificate,  or 
a,ny  copy  thereof,  made  in  pursuance  of  the  law.  Section  190. 

Selling,  or  offering  to  sell,  or  exposing  for  sale,  spirituous,  vinous, 
malt  or  intoxicating  liquors  on  any  election  day.  Section  192. 

Bringing  into  the  polling  place  on  election  day  or  on  any  day  of 
registry,  during  the  hours  that  the  election  or  registration  is  in  pro¬ 
gress  or  during  the  counting  or  canvassing  of  the  votes,  any  spirituous, 
vinous,  malt  or  intoxicating  liquors.  Section  193. 

Falsely  making  or  fraudulently  defacing  or  faudulently  destroy¬ 
ing  any  certificate  of  nomination  or  petition,  or  any  part  thereof,  or 
filing  or  receiving  for  filing  any  certificate  of  nomination  or  petition, 
knowing  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  to  be  falsely  made.  Section  195. 

Suppressing  any  certificate  of  nomination  or  petition  which  has 
been  duly  filed,  or  any  part  thereof.  Section  195. 

Forging  or  falsely  making  the  official  endorsement  of  any  ballot  or 
official  envelope.  Section  195. 

Removing  or  destroying  any  of  the  ballots  or  pencils  placed  in  the 
election  booths  with  intent  to  hinder  or  delay  the  election,  or  to 
hinder  or  delay  any  voter  in  the  preparation  of  his  ballot.  Section 
196. 

Carrying  any  official  envelope  from  the  polling-room  during  the 
election.  Section  196. 

Willfully  or  negligently  violating'  any  duty  prescribed  by  the  elec¬ 
tion  law  by  any  public  officer.  Section  197. 

Neglecting  or  willfully  omitting  to  perform  any  duty  imposed  by 
law  upon  any  public  officer.  Section  197. 

Willfully  destroying  official  ballots  or  envelopes,  or  either  of  them, 
by  any  person  charged  with  their  care.  Section  197. 

Neglecting  or  willfully  refusing  to  deliver  official  ballots  and 
envelopes  to  the  clerk  of  any  city,  township  or  municipality  by  any 
person  who  has  undertaken  to  deliver  the  same.  Section  197. 

Showing  his  ballot,  by  any  voter,  within  the  polling-room  after 
it  is  prepared  for  voting  in  such  way  as  to  reveal  its  contents. 
Section  198. 


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Soliciting  a  voter  .to  show  his  ballot  within  the  polling  place,  or 
within  one  hundred  feet  thereof.  Section  198. 

Knowingly  voting,  or  offering  to  vote,  any  ballot  except  an  official 
ballot  enclosed  in  an  official  envelope  where  at  the  election  official 
ballots  are  required  to  be  used.  Section  198. 

Voting,  or  offering  to  vote,  any  ballot  except  the  same  be  enclosed 
in  an  official  envelope  where  official  ballots  are  not  required.  Sec- 
•tion  198. 

Placing,  or  permitting  to  be  placed,  any  mark  upon  the  face  or 
back  of  a  ballot  or  official  envelope  by  which  the  ballot  or  envelope 
may  afterwards  be  identified.  Section  198. 

Writing,  pasting  or  otherwise  placing  upon  any  official  ballot  or 
envelope  any  mark,  sign  or  device  as  a  distinguishing  mark  whereby 
to  indicate  to  any  member  of  any  election  board  or  other  person  how 
any  voter  has  voted.  Section  200. 

Inducing,  or  attempting  to  induce,  any  voter  to  write,  paste  or 
otherwise  place  on  his  ballot  or  envelope  any  mark,  sign  or  device  of 
any  kind  as  a  distinguishing  mark  by  which  to  indicate  to  any  mem¬ 
ber  of  any  election  board  or  other  person  how  any  voter  has  voted. 
Section  200. 

Entering  into  or  attempting  to  form  any  agreement  or  conspiracy 
with  any  other  person  to  induce,  or  attempt  to  induce,  any  voter  to 
place  any  distinguishing  mark,  sign  or  device  on  his  ballot  or  en¬ 
velope,  whether  or  not  said  act  be  committed,  or  attempted  to  be 
committed.  Section  200. 

Directly  or  indirectly  giving,  lending,  or  agreeing  to  give  or  lend, 
or  offering,  promising,  or  promising  to  procure,  or  endeavoring  to 
procure,  any  money  or  other  valuable  consideration  or  thing  to  or  for 
any  voter,  or  to  or  for  any  person  in  order  to  induce  any  voter  to 
vote  or  refrain  from  registering  for  any  election.  Section  202. 

Corruptly  doing  or  committing  any  of  the  acts  mentioned  in  the 
last  preceding  sentence  on  account  of  any  such  voter  having  voted  or 
refrained  from  voting  at  an  election,  or  registered  or  refrained  from 
registering  for  an  election.  Section  202. 

Directly  or  indirectly  giving  or  procuring,  or  agreeing  to  give  or 
procure,  or  offering  or  promising  to  procure,  or  endeavoring  to  pro¬ 
cure,  any  office,  place  or  employment  to  or  for  any  voter,  or  to  or  for 
any  person  on  behalf  of  a  voter,  or  to  or  for  any  person  in  order  to 
induce  a  voter  to  vote  or  refrain  from  voting,  or  to  register  or  refrain 
from  registering.  Section  203. 

Corruptly  doing  any  act  mentioned  in  the  last  preceding  sentence 
on  account  of  any  voter  having  voted  or  refrained  from  voting,  or 
having  registered  or  refrained  from  registering,  for  any  election.  Sec¬ 
tion  203. 


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Giving,  advancing  or  paying,  or  causing  to  be  given,  advanced  or 
paid  any  money  or  other  valuable  thing  to  any  person  or  to  the  use 
of  any  person  with  the  intent  that  such  money  or  other  valuable 
thing,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  expended  or  used  for  bribery  of 
voters  or  for  any  other  unlawful  purpose  at  any  election.  Section  201/+ 

Knowingly  paying,  or  causing  to  be  paid,  any  money  to  any  per¬ 
son  wholly  or  in  part  expended  in  bribery  of  voters  at  any  election. 
Section  20J+. 

Directly  or  indirectly  receiving,  agreeing  or  contracting  for  any 
money,  gift,  loan  or  valuable  consideration,  office,  place  or  employ¬ 
ment,  by  a  voter,  for  himself  or  for  any  other  person,  for  voting  or 
agreeing  to  vote,  or  for  refraining  or  agreeing  to  refrain  from  voting 
at  any  election,  or  for  registering  or  agreeing  to  register,  or  for  re¬ 
fraining  or  agreeing  to  refrain  from  registering  for  any  election.  Sec¬ 
tion  205. 

Directly  or  indirectly  making  use  of.  or  threatening  to  make  use  of 
any  force,  violence  or  restraint,  or  inflicting  or  threatening  to  inflict 
any  damage,  injury,  harm  or  loss  against  any  employe  by  any  em¬ 
ployer,  or  by  any  agent,  superintendent  or  overseer  of  any  company 
or  corporation  employing  workmen,  in  order  to  induce  or  compel 
such  employe  to  vote  or  refrain  from  voting  for  any  particular  candi¬ 
date  or  candidates  at  any  election.  Section  206. 

By  any  sort  of  duress,  constraint  or  improper  influence,  or  by  any 
fraudulent  or  improper  device,  contrivance  or  scheme,  impeding, 
hindering  or  preventing  the  free  exercise  of  the  franchise  of  any  voter 
at  any  election.  Section  206. 

Compelling,  inducing  or  prevailing  upon  any  voter  to  vote  for  or 
against  any  particular  candidate  or  candidates  at  any  election  by  any 
of  the  means  described  in  the  next  preceding  sentence.  Section  206 . 

Obstructing  the  entrance  to  any  polling  place,  or  obstructing  or 
interfering  with  any  voter,  or  electioneering  within  any  polling  place 
or  publicly  within  one  hundred  feet  thereof.  Section  207. 

Printing  or  making  any  envelope  by  an  unauthorized  person  of  su 
like  character  and  with  the  names  and  words  contained  on  the  official 
envelope.  Section  208. 

Having  in  possession  on  or  prior  to  election  day  an  official  envelope, 
or  an  envelope  made  in  imitation  thereof,  except  by  persons  duly 
authorized  to  have  charge  or  possession  thereof.  Section  208. 

Removing,  destroying  or  mutilating  any  registry  list  or  copy  thereof, 
or  removing,  destroying  or  mutilating  before  the  election  closes  any 
list  of  voters  posted  in  accordance  with  the  law.  Section  209. 

Soliciting  from  a  candidate  for  any  elective  office  any  money  or 
other  property,  or  seeking  to  induce  such  candidate  to  purchase  any 
ticket,  card  or  other  evidence  of  admission  to  any  ball,  picnic,  fair  or 
entertainment  of  any  kind.  Section  210. 


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Swearing  falsely  in  any  affidavit  to  secure  the  registration  of  any 
person.  Section  35. 

Causing  or  procuring  his  name  to  be  registered  in  more  than  one 
election  district  by  any  person.  Section  3 If. 

Causing  or  procuring  his  name,  or  that  of  any  other  person,  to  be 
registered,  knowing  that  he,  or  the  person  whose  name  is  procured 
to  be  registered,  is  not  entitled  to  vote  in  the  election  district  wherein 
such  registry  is  made.  Section  3\ 

Falsely  personating  any  registered  voter.  Section  31+. 

Willfully  obstructing  or  interfering  with  any  election  clerk  on  the 
way  from  the  polls  to  the  office  of  the  city  clerk.  Section  101. 

Bribing  any  person  at  any  election.  Section  219. 

Willfully  neglecting  or  refusing  to  perform  any  duty  imposed  upon 
an  elector  to  whom  any  soldier’s  or  sailor’s  ballot  shall  be  sent.  Sec¬ 
tion  229. 

Delivering  or  presenting  to  any  district  board  of  election  any  false, 
forged,  altered  or  changed  ballot,  envelope  or  instrument  of  any 
soldier  or  sailor.  Section  230. 

Directly  or  indirectly  controlling,  or  attempting  to  control,  any 
enlisted  elector  in  the  exercise  of  his  rights  of  suffrage  by  menace, 
bribery,  fear  of  punishment,  hope  of  reward,  or  any  other  corrupt  or 
arbitrary  measure  or  resort  whatever,  or  annoying,  injuring  or  other¬ 
wise  punishing  any  such  absent,  enlisted  elector  for  the  manner  in 
which  he  may  have  exercised  his  rights.  Section  231. 

Primary  Meetings. — Voting,  or  offering  to  vote,  by  an  unquali¬ 
fied  person  at  any  primary  meeting  or  caucus,  or  counseling  or  pro¬ 
curing  anyone  to  vote  at  such  meeting  or  caucus.  Section  215. 

Acting  as  judge,  inspector,  clerk  or  other  officer  of  a  primary  elec¬ 
tion  without  having  first  taken  and  subscribed  an  official  oath  or 
affirmation.  Section  217. 

Willfully  disregarding  or  violating  any  rule  of  a  party  at  a  primary 
election,  or  knowingly  rejecting  the  vote  of  a  person  entitled  to  vote 
under  the  rules  of  the  party,  or  knowingly  receiving  the  vote  of  any 
person  not  qualified  to  vote,  or  committing  a  willful  fraud  by  destroy¬ 
ing  or  defacing  ballots,  adding  ballots  to  the  poll  by  false  counting, 
or  by  making  false  returns.  Section  217 , 

Directly  or  indirectly  giving,  offering  or  promising  to  give,  at  any 
primary  election,  money  or  any  valuable  thing,  victuals,  drink  or 
other  consideration  by  way  of  fee,  reward,  gift  or  gratuity  to  obtain, 
procure  or  influence  the  opinion,  behavior,  vote  or  abstaining  from 
voting  for  the  election  of  any  delegate  at  any  party  convention. 
Section  218. 

Bribing  delegates  at  conventions.  Sections  218  and  219. 

4  i 


FORMS. 


FORMS 


No.  1.— Notice  of  Election  by  Secretary  of  State  to 
County  Clerk. 

[This  notice  is  required  by  Section  5  to  be  given  in  the  month  of  August.] 


To . . . . 

Clerk  of  the  County  of . 

In  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  an  act  entitled  “  An  act  to 
regulate  elections  (Revision  of  1898),”  approved  April  4th,  1898,  you 
are  hereby  notified  that  a  Governor  for  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  a 
Member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  for 

the . Congressional  District,  and  a  Member  of  the  Senate 

•of  this  State  for  the  County  of . (or  as  the  case  may  be)  are 

to  be  elected  at  the  next  general  election  to  be  held  November  7th,  1899. 
Dated  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  August  . ,  A.  D.  1899. 


Secretary  of  State  of  New  Jersey. 


No.  2.— Notice  of  Election  by  County  Clerk  to  the  Town¬ 
ship,  City  and  Other  Municipal  Clerks. 

[This  notice  is  required  by  Section  6  to  be  given  in  the  month  of  August.] 

To . 

Clerk  of  the  Township  (City  or  other  Municipality)  of . 

In  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  an  act  entitled  “An  act  to 
regulate  elections  (Revision  of  1898),”  approved  April  4th,  1898,  you 
are  hereby  notified  that  a  sheriff  (three  coroners,  a  county  clerk,  a 
register  of  deeds,  a  surrogate,  or  as  the  case  may  be)  is  to  be  elected 
at  the  next  general  election  to  be  held  November  7th,  1899. 

Dated  at . . ,  in  the  county  of . .  and 

State  of  New  Jersey,  August . .  A.  D.  1899. 


Clerk  of  the  County  of 


(53) 


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No.  3.— General  Notice  of  Election  by  Township,  City  or 
Municipal  Clerk. 

[This  notice  is  required  by  Section  7.] 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  an  election  will  be  held  in  the  town¬ 
ship  (city,  or  other  municipality)  of  . ,  in  the  county  of 

. ,  on  Tuesday,  the  seventh  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1899,. 

between  the  hours  of  6  o’clock  in  the  morning  and  7  o’clock  in  the 
evening,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  (name  all  offices  to  be  filled  at  the 
election).  Said  election  will  be  held  at  the  following  places : 

In  District  No.  1,  in  said  township  (or,  in  District  No.  1  in  the 

. ward  of  said  city  or  other  municipality),  at  . . 

In  District  No.  2,  in  said  township  (or,  in  District  No.  2  in  the- 

. ward  of  said  city  or  other  municipality),  at  . . 

In  District  No.  3,  in  said  township  (or,  in  District  No.  3  in  the- 

. ...  ward  of  said  city  or  other  municipality),  at . 

Witness  my  hand  this . day  of  October,  A.  D.  1899. 


Clerk  of  the  Township  (City  or  other 
Municipality)  of . . . 


No.  4.— Certificate  by  the  Secretary  of  State  to  the  County 
Clerks  of  Names  of  Candidates. 

[This  certificate  is  required  by  Section  43.] 

.State  of  New  Jersey, 

Department  of  State. 

A  statement  of  all  the  candidates  nominated  by  certificate  or 
petition  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  in  pursuance  of 
an  act  entitled  “An  act  to  regulate  election  (Revision  of  1898), ^ 

approved  April  4th,  1898,  for  whom  voters  within  the  . 

Congressional  District  in  the  county  of  . are  by 

law  entitled  to  vote  at  the  general  election  to  be  held  on  the  seventh 
day  of  November,  1899. 


FOR  THE  OFFICE  OF  GOVERNOR. 


Names  of  Candidates. 

Residences. 

Names  of  Parties  Nominating. 

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FOR  THE  OFFICE  OF  MEMBER  OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF 
THE  UNITED  STATES. 


Names  of  Candidates. 

Residences. 

Names  of  Parties  Nominating. 

Sto  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct  and  true. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  of  office  this . day  of  October,  1899. 


Secretary  of  State. 


No.  5.— Certificate  by  County  Clerk  to  Secretary  of  State 
of  Names  of  Candidates. 


[This  certificate  is  required  by  Section  42.] 

To  the  Secretary  of  State  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey : 

Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  act  entitled  “An  act  to  regulate 
elections  (Revision  of  1898),”  approved  April  4th,  1898,  I  hereby 
certify  the  names,  places  of  residence  and  post-office  addresses  of 
the  several  candidates  nominated  for  Senator  and  members  of  the 

General  Assembly  to  be  voted  for  in  the  county  of . at 

the  general  election  to  be  held  on  November  7th,  1899,  and  also  the 
title  of  the  party  nominating  said  candidates,  and  whether  by  con¬ 
vention  or  petition,  with  the  dates  of  holding  such  conventions  and 
of  the  filing  of  certificates  of  nominations  and  petitions. 

FOR  SENATOR. 


Names. 

Residences. 

Post-Office 

Addresses. 

Party  Nom¬ 
inating. 

By  Conven¬ 
tion  or 
Petition. 

Date  of 
Holding  Con¬ 
vention. 

Date  of  Filing 
Certificate  of 
Nomination 
or  Petition. 

. 

FOR  MEMBERS  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 


Names. 

Residences. 

Post-Office 

Addresses. 

Party  Nom¬ 
inating. 

By  Conven¬ 
tion  or 
Petition. 

Date  of 
Holding  Con¬ 
vention. 

Date  of  Filing 
Certificate  of 
Nomination 
or  Petition. 

Witness  my  hand  at  . ,  in  the  county  of 

this . -  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1899. 


Clerk  of  the  County  of 


No.  6.— Notice  by  Township,  City  or  Municipal  Clerk  to 
District  Board  of  Registry  and  Election  of  Location 
of  Room  for  Registry  and  Election. 

[This  notice  is  required  by  Section  8.] 

To  the  District  Board  of  Registry  and  Election  of  Election  District 

No . ,  Township  (or  Ward)  of  . ,  County  (or 

City)  of .  : 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  I  have  procured  a  room  at . , 

in  the  above  stated  election  district,  in  which  your  board  shall  meet 
to  make  and  revise  the  register  of  voters  for  the  general  election  to 
be  held  on  November  7th,  1899,  and  also  in  which  to  hold  said  elec¬ 
tion. 

Dated . A.  D.  1899. 


Clerk  of  the  Township  (or  City)  of 


No.  7.— Affidavit  of  Voter  for  Registration. 

[Form  of  affidavit  of  a  voter  to  show  the  right  of  another  to  have  his  name  entered  on 
the  register.  Sections  21,  22,  23,  2k,  26,  29  ] 

State  of  New  Jersey,  1 
. County,  }ss- 

. ,  being  duly  sworn,  on  his  oath  saith,  that  he  is  a 

legal  voter  in  the  .  District,  Township  of  .  County  of 

. ;  that  he  is  well  acquainted  with . .  who  resides  at . . 


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in  the  township  and  county  aforesaid,  and  that  he,  the  said . , 

has  resided  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey  for  one  year  last  past  and  in 

the  county  of . for  five  months  last  past ;  that  he  is  a  citizen  of 

the  United  States  and  is  a  legal  voter  in  said  election  district. 

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,)  . 

this . day  of  . ,  A.  D.  1899.  >• 


No.  8.— Certificate  of  Nomination  by  Party  Convention. 


[This  form  is  prepared  for  use  in  cases  of  nominations  by  party  conventions.  It  is 
■easily  adapted  to  cases  of  nominations  by  party  conventions  for  the  whole  State  for 
Congressional  districts,  for  counties,  or  for  townships  and  municipalities.  When  the 
^certificate  is  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  State,  it  should  be  done  at  least  twenty  days 
before  the  election ;  when  with  the  county  clerk,  at  least  ten  days  before  the  election  ; 
and  when  with  the  municipal  clerk,  at  least  eight  days  before  the  election.  See  Sec¬ 
tion  42.] 


That  at  a  Convention  of  Delegates  held  at . . 

in  the  county  of . ,  on  the . day  of . .  1899,  and  repre¬ 
senting  the . party,  a  political  party  which  at 

[Not  more  than  three  words  ] 

the  general  election  next  preceding  the  holding  of  said  convention 
polled  for  members  of  the  General  Assembly  at  least  two  per  centum 

of  the  total  vote  cast  in  the . ,  the  following  nominations  were 

made : 


Office  to  be  Filled. 

Name  of  Candidate. 

Residence. 

Post-Office  Address. 

[Print  or  write  all  the  above  entries  very  plainly.] 

Witness  our  hands  this . day  of . ,  A.  D.  1899. 


Presiding  Officer  of  the  Convention. 
Residence . .  P.  0.  Address . 


Secretary  of  the  Convention. 
Residence . P.  0.  Address . 

State  of  New  Jersey,  )  „ 

. County,  }  s  * 

I, . ,  being  duly  sworn,  depose  and  say  that  I 

was  the  Presiding  Officer  of  the  Convention  named  in  the  foregoing 
certificate,  and  that  said  certificate  and  the  statements  therein  con¬ 
tained  are  true,  as  I  verily  believe. 

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  )  . . 

<this . day  of . ,  A.  D.  1899.  ! 


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State  of  New  Jersey,  j  ss 
. County,  ) 

I, . ,  being  duly  sworn,  depose  and  say  that  I  was 

the  Secretary  of  the  Convention  named  in  the  foregoing  certificate 
and  that  said  certificate  and  the  statements  therein  contained  are 
true,  as  I  verily  believe. 

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,!  . 

this  .  day  of . ,  A.  D.  1899.  ^ 

. . . .  i 

. j 

I,  . ,  the  candidate  mentioned  in  the  foregoing: 

certificate,  do  hereby  accept  the  nomination  for  the  office  for  which. 
I  am  therein  named. 

Dated . ,  1899.  . . 


No.  9.— Certificate  of  Nomination  to  Fill  Vacancy. 

[To  be  filed  with  the  proper  officer  at  least  eight  days  before  election.  Section  45.] 

©to  That  at  a  Convention  of  Delegates  held  at . in? 

the  county  of . ,  on  the .  day  of . ,  1899,  and  represent¬ 
ing  the  . . .  party,  a  political  party  which  at  the 

[Not  more  than  three  words.] 

general  election  next  preceding  the  holding  of  said  convention  polled 
for  members  of  the  General  Assembly  at  least  two  per  centum  of  the 
total  vote  cast  in  the . ,  the  undersigned  were  appointed  a  com¬ 

mittee  to  fill  vacancies ; 

a  vacancy  exists  in  the  nomination  by  said  conven¬ 
tion  for  the  office  of  . ,  occasioned  by  the . of 

[State  reason.] 

the  said  . . ,  who  was  nominated  as  aforesaid,  which 

[Name  of  candidate.] 

nomination  was  duly  certified  and  filed  in  the  office  of  . . ^ 

Therefore  we,  the  committee  aforesaid,  do  hereby  make  the  follow¬ 
ing  substitute  for  the  said  . /nominated  as  aforesaid: 


Office  to  be  Filled. 

Name  of  Candidate. 

Residence. 

Post-Office  Address, 

[Print  or  write  all  the  above  entries  very  plainly  ] 

Witness  our  hands  this . day  of .  A.  D.  1899;. 


Chairman  of  Committee  to  fill  Vacancies. 


Secretary  of  Committee  to  fill  Vacancies. 


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State  of  New  Jersey,  j 

. County,  J  *  I,  . ,  being  duly  sworn, 

depose  and  say  that  I  am  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  to  fill 
Vacancies,  appointed  by  the  convention  named  in  the  foregoing, 
certificate,  and  that  the  said  certificate  and  the  statements  therein 
contained  are  true,  as  I  verily  believe. 

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me, 
this . day  of . ,  1899, 


State  of  New  Jersey,  j 

.  County,  j  ss‘  I,  .... , . .  being  duly  sworn, 

depose  and  say  that  I  am  the  Secretary  of  the  Committee  to  fill 
Vacancies,  appointed  by  the  convention  named  in  the  foregoing 
certificate,  and  that  the  said  certificate  and  the  statements  therein 
contained  are  true,  as  I  verily  believe. 

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me, 
this . day  of .  1899. 


I, . ,  the  candidate  nominated  to  fill  the  vacancy  men¬ 

tioned  in  the  foregoing  certificate,  do  hereby  accept  the  nomination 
for  the  office  for  which  I  am  therein  named. 

Dated . ,  1899.  . 


No.  10.— Nomination  by  Petition. 

[Form  of  certificate  of  nomination  by  petition.  May  be  adapted  to  the  entire  State  or 
to  any  district  or  subdivision  thereof  more  or  less  than  a  single  county.  Section  42.] 

To  the  Secretary  of  State  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey : 

[Or  to  such  other  officer  as  may  be  proper  under  Section  41.] 

The  undersigned,  legal  voters  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  residing 

within  the  county  of . ,  do  hereby  nominate  the  following- 

named  persons  for  the  several  offices  mentioned,  to  be  voted  for  at 
the  election  to  be  held  on  the  seventh  day  of  Novemher,  1899 : 


Office  to  be  Filled. 

Name  of  Candidate. 

Residence. 

Post-Office  Address. 

[Print  or  write  all  the  above  entries  very  plainly.] 


And  we  do  hereby  certify  that  each  of  the  candidates  above  named 
is  legally  qualified  to  hold  the  office  for  which  he  is  nominated,  and 


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that  your  petitioners  are  legally  qualified  to  vote  for  said  candidates. 
The  title  of  the  party  (or  principle)  which  said  candidates  represent 
is . 

[Not  more  than  three  words.] 

Witness  our  hands,  this . day  of . ,  A.  D.  1899. 


Signature.* 

Residence. 

Post-Office  Address. 

Street  No.  (if  any). 

*A  voter  may  sign  one  petition  for  each  officer  to  be  nominated,  and  no  more,  but  all 
the  names  need  not  be  signed  to  one  petition.  Section  41. 


fAt  least  five  of  the  voters  signing  the  petition  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  following 

oath.  Section  4 1.] 

State  of  New  Jersey,  \ 

. County,  J  *  . ,  . .  . .  .  and 

. .  being  duly  sworn,  on  their  oaths,  respectively,  do  say  that  the 

foregoing  petition  is  made  in  good  faith,  and  that  they  verily  believe 
all  the  signatures  thereto  to  be  genuine  and  those  of  duly-qualified 
voters. 


Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me, 
this . day  of .  1899. 


We,  the  candidates  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  certificate,  do  here¬ 
by  accept  the  nomination  for  the  offices  for  which  we  are  therein 
respectively  named. 

Dated . .  1899.  . 


No.  11.— Nomination  by  Petition  to  Fill  Vacancy. 

TTo  be  addressed  to  and  filed  with  the  proper  officer  at  least  eight  days  before  election. 

Section  45.] 

Whetetttf,  Certain  legal  voters  of  the  county  of  . did,  on  the 

. day  of . ,  1899,  in  the  manner  and  form  prescribed  by  law, 

nominate . for  the  office  of . .  and  filed  a  certificate  thereof 

-with . ,  as  required  by  law ;  §^Ufl*Whetea#,  a  vacancy  exists  in 


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the  nomination  aforesaid,  occasioned  by  the  . of  the  said 

[State  reason .] 

. :  Therefore  we,  the  undersigned,  legal  voters  of  the 

[Name  of  candidate.] 

State  of  New  Jersey,  residing  within  the  county  of . . ,  do 

hereby  make  the  following  substitute  for  the  said . .  nomi¬ 

nated  as  aforesaid : 


Office  to  be  Filled. 

Name  of  Candidate. 

Residence. 

Post-Office  Address. 

[Print  or  write  all  the  above  entries  very  plainly.] 


And  we  do  hereby  certify  that  the  candidate  above  named  is  legally 
qualified  to  hold  the  office  for  which  he  is  nominated,  and  that  your 
petitioners  are  legally  qualified  to  vote  for  said  candidate. 

The  title  of  the  party  (or  principle)  which  said  candidate  repre¬ 
sents  is  . 

[Nof  more  than  three  words.] 

Witness  our  hands,  this . day  of . ,  A.  D.  1899. 


Signature.* 

Residence. 

Post-Office  Address. 

Street  No.  (if  any). 

*  A  voter  may  sign  one  petition  for  each  officer  to  be  nominated,  and  no  more,  but  all 
the  names  need  not  be  signed  to  one  petition.  Section  hi. 


[Here  must  be  appended  the  oath  of  five  voters,  and  the  accept¬ 
ance  of  the  candidate.  See  Form  No.  10. 


No.  12.— Certificate  of  Appointment  of  Board  of  Registry 
and  Election. 

[The  county  board  of  elections  appoint  the  several  boards  of  registry  and  election. 

Section  15.] 

10  to  That  the  County  Board  of  Elections  of  the 

county  of . .  have  this  day  appointed  the  following  persons, 

viz., . and . .  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  . . 

and . of  the  Republican  party,  to  be  the  Board  of  Registry 

and  Election  for  the . Election  District  in  the . of . , 

in  said  county  of . . .  from  and  including  September  11th, 


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1899,  to  and  including  September  10th,  1900,  or  until  their  successors 
are  appointed  and  qualified. 

Dated  the . day  of  September,  A.  D.  1899. 


Chairman  of  County  Board. 


Secretary  of  County  Board. 


No.  13.— Oath  of  Members  of  County  Boards  of  Elections 
and  of  District  Boards  of  Registry  and  Election. 

{This  oath,  when  duly  executed,  shall  be  forthwith  forwarded  to  the  county  clerk,  who 
is  directed  to  file  it  in  his  office.  Section  16.] 

State  of  New  Jersey,  1 

.  County,  }  ’  I, . ,  do  solemnly  and  sin¬ 
cerely  promise  and  swear  [or  affirm]  that  I  will  faithfully  and  impar¬ 
tially  discharge  all  the  duties  of  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Registry 

and  Election  for  Election  District  No . ,  in  the  township  of . . 

in  the  county  of  .  [or,  of  a  member  of  the  County  Board  of 

Elections  of  the  county  of . ],  to  the  best  of  my  skill  and  ability. 


Sworn  and  subscribed,  this... 
day  of . ,  1899,  before  me. 


No.  14.— Appointment  of  Agent  or  Challenger. 

[This  paper  shall  be  filed  with  the  county  board  of  elections  five  days  before  the 
election,  and  the  county  board  of  elections  shall  issue  a  permit  in  accordance 
therewith  to  the  person  named  therein.  Section  63.] 

To . 

Residence . 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  I  do  hereby 
appoint  you  as  one  of  the  two  Agents  or  Challengers  to  represent  the 

. party  at  Election  District  No . ,  in  the  township  of 

. .  and  county  of . .  at  the  general  election  to  be  held  on 

November  7th,  1899. 

Witness  my  hand,  this . day  of . .  1899. 

Chairman  of . County . Committee. 

I  This  form,  with  the  necessary  alterations,  may  also  be  used  for  the  appointment  of 
Agents  by  candidates  nominated  by  petition.] 


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No.  15.— Permit  to  Agent  or  Challenger. 

JThis  permit  must  be  presented  by  the  person  named  therein  to  the  election  board  of 
the  district  named  therein,  and  he  shall  then  be  permitted  to  remain  within  the 
polling  place  while  the  election  is  in  progress,  and  to  be  within  the  railed  enclosure 
while  the  ballots  are  being  counted.  Section  63.] 

. .  having  presented  to  the  County  Board  of  Elections  of 

the  county  of . ...,  a  paper  under  the  hand  of  the  Chairman  of  the 

. .  County  Committee  of  the  said  county  of  .  appointing 

him  as  one  of  the  two  Agents  or  Challengers  to  represent  the . 

party  of  Election  District  No . ,  in  the  township  of  . and 

county  of . at  the  general  election  to  be  held  on  November  7th, 

1899,  he,  the  said . .  is  hereby  permitted  to  act  as  such  Agent  or 

Challenger  at  that  election  in  said  Election  District,  in  accordance 
with  the  law  of  this  State. 

In  witness  whereof,  the  County  Board  of  Elections  of  the  county 
of . ,  have  caused  this  Certificate  to  be  signed  by  its  Chair¬ 
man  and  Secretary,  on  this . day  of . A.  D.  1899. 


Chairman. 

Secretary. 

[This  form,  with  the  necessary  alterations,  may  also  be  used  for  Permits  to  Agents 
appointed  by  candidates  nominated  by  petition.] 


No.  16.— Certificate  of  Removal  of  Voter. 

[The  Election  Board  to  whom  this  certificate  is  presented  may  require  the  voter  to 
make  a  statement,  under  oath,  to  satisfy  themselves  of  his  right  to  vote.  The  pre¬ 
sentation  of  the  certificate  shall  be  noted  on  the  register,  the  certificate  shall  be 
preserved,  and  at  the  close  of  the  election  shall  be  attached  to  the  register  and  filed 
therewith  with  the  county  clerk.  Section  86.] 

Election  District  No . .  Township  (or  Ward)  of . .  County 

(or  City)  of . 

. who  has  been  duly  registered  as  a  legal 

voter  in  this  Election  District,  having  applied  to  this  Board  to  have 
his  name  erased  from  said  registry  for  the  reason  that  he  has  re¬ 
moved  from  said  Election  District :  This  Certifies  that  his  name  has 
been  so  erased,  and  that  he  is  entitled  to  have  his  name  entered  upon 
the  registry  of  any  Election  District  in  this  county  of  which  he  may 
now  be  a  legal  resident,  and  to  vote  therein. 

In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  this  . . 

day  of . .  1899. 


Board  of  Registry  and  Election. 


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No.  17.— Heading  in  Poll-Book. 

[This  form  is  prescribed  in  Section  67.] 

Names  of  voters  at  an  election  held  in  the . District  of . 

in  the  County  of . ,  on  the . day  of . ,  in  the  year  of 

our  Lord  one  thousand  .  hundred  and  . .,  for  . 

(naming  the  offices  to  be  filled). 


No.  18.— Entry  in  Poll-Book  on  Adjourning  for  Dinner. 

[This  form  is  prescribed  in  Section  77.] 

The  whole  number  of  the  names  of  the  voters  in  this  poll-book 
whose  votes  have  been  received  during  this  election,  up  to  the  time  of 
our  adjournment  for  dinner,  being  at  1  o’clock  in  the  afternoon,  i® 
two  hundred  and  twenty-six  (or  as  the  case  may  be). 

Judge  of  Election. 

Inspector  of  Election. 


Clerks  of  Election.. 


No.  19.— Entry  in  Poll-Book  at  Close  of  Election. 

[This  form  is  prescribed  in  Section  86.] 

The  whole  number  of  the  names  of  the  persons  whose  votes  have 
been  received  during  this  election  is  three  hundred  and  forty-five  (or 
as  the  case  may  be). 

Judge  of  Election. 
Inspector  of  Election. 


Clerks  of  Election. 


No.  20.— Oath  of  Person  who  Claims  Assistance  by  Reason 
of  Blindness  or  Other  Physical  Disability. 

[This  oath  is  required  by  Section  81.] 

You  do  solemnly  swear  that  you  are  blind  (or  name  any  other 
physical  disability),  and  that,  by  reason  thereof,  you  are  unable  to 
enter  and  remain  in  a  booth,  or  to  prepare  your  ballot  therein  for 
voting  at  this  election,  without  assistance.  So  help  you  God. 

] 


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The  oath  to  a  blind  voter,  or  voter  suffering  from  other  physical  disability,  may  be 
administered  with  the  ceremony  of  lifting  up  the  hand  and  swearing  by  the  ever-living 
God.  instead  of  that  of  touching  and  kissing  the  Book  of  the  Gospels.  When  the  oath 
is  administered  with  the  ceremony  of  lifting  up  the  hand  it  should  be  in  the  following 
form  : 

You  do  solemnly  swear  by  the  ever-living  God  that  you  are  blind 
(or  name  any  other  physical  disability),  and  that,  by  reason  thereof, 
you  are  unable  to  enter  and  remain  in  a  booth,  or  to  prepare  your 
ballot  therein  for  voting  at  this  election,  without  assistance. 

Where  the  blind  voter,  or  voter  suffering  from  other  physical  disability,  has  con¬ 
scientious  scruples  against  taking  an  oath  he  may  affirm  in  the  following  form  : 

I,  .  being  conscientiously  scrupulous  of  taking  an 

oath,  do  solemnly,  sincerely  and  truly  declare  and  affirm  that  I  am 
blind  (or  name  any  other  physical  disability),  and  that,  by  reason 
thereof,  I  am  unable  to  enter  and  remain  in  a  booth,  or  to  prepare 
my  ballot  therein  for  voting  at  this  election,  without  assistance. 


No.  21.— Commission  of  Messenger  to  Obtain  Missing  State¬ 
ment  of  the  Result  of  an  Election. 

[This  form  is  authorized  by  Section  124.] 

To . ,  Esquire : 

No  statement  of  the  result  of  the  election  held  on  No¬ 
vember  7th,  1899,  in  District  No . .  in  the  township  (city,  or  as 

the  case  may  be)  of . .  in  the  county  of . .  has  been 

filed  in  my  office : 

Therefore,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  act  entitled  “An  act 
to  regulate  elections  (Revision  of  1898),”  approved  April  4th,  1898, 1, 

. .  Secretary  of  State  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey  (or, 

Clerk  of  the  County  of . ),  do  hereby  appoint  and  commis¬ 

sion  you  as  my  special  messenger  to  obtain  a  statement  of  the  result 
of  the  election  held  on  November  7th,  1899,  in  said  District  No. 

. .  in  the  township  (city,  or  as  the  case  may  be)  of . ,  in 

the  county  of . ,  to  the  end  that  the  same  may  be  forthwith 

filed  in  my  office  according  to  law. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  affixed  my 
official  seal  on  this .  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1899. 


Secretary  of  the  itate  of  New  Jersey 

(or,  Clerk  of  the  County  of . ), 

5  i 


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INDEX. 


Page. 

Chronological  Index  of  Duties .  3 

I.  General  and  Local  Elections .  . . .  9 

II.  The  Governor .  9 

III.  The  Secretary  of  State . 9 

IV.  County  Clerk .  11 

V.  Township,  City  and  Municipal  Clerks .  12 

VI.  Nomination  of  Candidates. 

By  party  conventions . 14 

By  petition . 14 

Vacancies,  how  filled.. . 14 

When  certificates  filed . 14 

Acceptance  of  nomination . 14- 

Certificates  open  to  public  inspection  . . .  14 

VII.  Official  Ballots. 

Printed  and  distributed  at  public  expense .  15 

Separate  ballots  for  each  party . 15 

How  printed .  15 

Number  of  ballots  furnished .  15 

How  and  when  delivered.. .  16 

Subject  to  inspection  and  errors  corrected... .  16 

When  lost  or  stolen.,  &c.,  how  provided .  16 

VIII.  Official  Envelopes. 

Printed  how,  &c . 17 

Number  to  be  provided .  . 17 

When  lost  or  stolen,  &c.,  procedure .  17 

Spoiled  and  unused,  disposition  of. .  17 

IX.  County  Boards  of  Elections. 

Appointment .  18 

Term . 18 

Oath . 18 

Office . 18 

Organization .  18 

Publication  of  notice  of  registration . ...  18 

Appointment  of  local  boards . . 18 

Issue  of  permits  to  agents . 19 

Adding  names  to  and  erasing  them  from  registers....  20 

Registers  for  charter  and  local  elections .  20 

Preservation  of  affidavits . . .  20 


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Page. 

Act  as  county  board  of  canvassers .  20 

Their  compensation . . . .  20 

X.  District  Boards  of  Registry  and  Election. 

Members  not  eligible  to  other  offices .  20 

Constitution,  Term  and  Oath . . .  21 

Organization . 21 

Power  to  administer  oaths . . .  21 

First  meeting  to  register  voters  for  general  election 

in  cities  having  over  40,000  inhabitants .  21 

Second  meeting  for  same  purpose . .  22 

Third  meeting  for  same  purpose . 22 

First  meeting  to  register  voters  for  general  election 
in  districts  outside  of  cities  having  over  40,000 

inhabitants .  22 

Second  meeting  for  same  purpose .  23 

Third  meeting  for  same  purpose .  23 

Provision  when  local  election  falls  on  registry  day 

for  general  election.... .  24 

Registration  of  voters  for  charter  elections  in  cities 

having  over  40,000  inhabitants .  24 

Registration  of  voters  for  township  and  local  elec¬ 
tions  outside  of  cities  having  over  40,000  in¬ 
habitants  .  24 

Registration  by  affidavit . . .  25 

Proceedings  to  be  open  to  public .  25 

Certificate  of  removal  of  voter .  25 

Conducting  elections .  25 

Preservation  of  order  at  polls .  27 

Canvassing  the  vote  . .  28 

Statement  of  result  of  general  election... .  28 

Statement  of  result  and  determination  of  township 

or  municipal  election .  29 

Disposition  of  ballot-box,  keys  and  papers .  29 

XL  Privileges  and  Duties  of  Voters. 

May  attend  meetings  of  local  boards . . .  29 

May  have  certificate  of  removal .  30 

May  have  supply  of  official  ballots .  30 

Who  may  vote .  30 

Eow  to  prepare  his  ballot  and  vote .  30 

May  vote  although  his  name  has  been  checked .  31 

May  be  assisted  if  blind,  &c .  31 

Shall  not  exhibit  his  ballot,  &c .  31 

Shall  not  accept  bribe .  31 

Proceedings  when  challenged .  31 

Freedom  from  arrest . 31 


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XII.  Agents  or  Challengers.  Page. 

Chairman  of  county  committee  may  appoint .  31 

Candidate  by  petition  may  appoint .  32 

Their  authority . 32 

For  municipal  or  local  elections . 32 

XIII.  Soldiers  and  sailors. 

Constitutional  provision . 32 

How  vote  may  be  cast . . .  32 

Preservation  of  affidavits,  &c .  33 

Receipts  to  postmaster .  34 

Blank  forms  and  evelopes,  how  provided .  34 

Penalties .  34 

XIV.  County  Canvassers. 

Time,  place  and  character  of  meeting .  34 

How  constituted  and  organized .  34 

Adjournment . 34 

County  clerk  to  obtain  missing  statements.. .  35 

Powers  of  county  canvassers .  35 

Statements  of  results  of  election .  35 

Statements  of  determination . 36 

XV.  State  Canvassers. 

Time  and  place  of  meeting .  36 

How  constituted  and  organized .  36 

Vacancies,  how  filled .  37 

Secretary  of  State  to  obtain  missing  statements .  37 

Meeting  to  be  public . 37 

Powers  of  State  canvassers . 37 

Statements  of  result  and  determination  of  election..  37 

XVI.  Recount  of  Vote .  38 

XVII.  Contested  Elections. 

Governor .  38 

Legislature  and  Congress..  . .  38 

County,  township,  city  and  municipal  offices .  38 

XVIII.  The  Legislature. 

Election  of  members . 38 

Place  of  meeting . 39 

Evidence  of  right  of  members  to  seats .  39 

Vacancy,  how  created . . 39 

Vacancy,  how  supplied.. .  39 

XIX.  House  of  Representatives. 

Who  not  eligible . . .  40 

When  and  how  members  are  elected .  40 

Election,  how  certified . 40 

Vacancy,  how  supplied .  40 

Congressional  districts .  40 


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XX.  Presidential  Electors.  Page. 

Who  not  eligible . . . 40 

Qualifications . * .  41 

When  and  how  elected .  41 

Election,  how  certified .  41 

Time  and  place  of  meeting .  41 

Vacancies,  how  supplied . . . ,  41 

XXI.  Charter  Elections  in  Cities .  41 

XXII."  Local  or  Charter  Elections  in  Townships  and  Munici¬ 
palities  other  than  cities .  41 

XXIII.  Incompatible  Offices .  42 

XXIV.  Election  Districts . . .  42 

XXV.  Primary  Elections .  42 

XXVI.  Expenses  of  Elections .  42 

Compensation  of  district  boards . 42 

Compensation  of  county  and  municipal  clerks .  43 

Compensation  of  county  boards . ....  43 

General  expenses . . .  43 

XXVII.  Crimes  and  Penalties. 

Secretary  of  State  and  clerk  of  State  board  of  can¬ 
vassers  . 44 

County  clerk . 44 

County  board  of  canvassers. . 44 

District  boards . . . . .  44 

The  printer .  45 

General  offenses... . 45 

Primary  meetings .  49' 

Forms. 

No.  1.  Notice  ofelection  by  Secretary  of  State  to  county  clerk..  53 
No.  2.  Notice  of  election  by  county  clerk  to  township,  city 

and  municipal  clerks . 53 

No.  3.  General  notice  of  election  by  township,  city  or  muni¬ 
cipal  clerk .  54 

No.  4.  Certificate  by  Secretary  of  State  to  county  clerk  of 

names  of  candidates .  54 

No.  5.  Certificate  by  county  clerk  to  Secretary  of  State  of 

names  of  candidates .  55 

No.  6.  Notice  by  township,  city  or  municipal  clerk  to  dis¬ 
trict  board  of  location  of  polling-room .  56 

No.  7.  Affidavit  of  voter  for  registration .  56 

No.  8.  Certificate  of  nomination . 57 

No.  9.  Certificate  of  nomination  to  fill  a  vacancy .  58 

No.  10.  Nomination  by  petition .  59- 

No.  11.  Nomination  by  petition  to  fill  vacancy .  60 

No.  12.  Certificate  of  appointment  of  district  board .  61 


Page. 


No.  13.  Oath  of  members  of  county  and  district  boards .  62 

No.  14.  Appointment  of  agent  or  challenger..., .  62 

No.  15.  Permit  to  agent  or  challenger . .  63 

No.  16.  Certificate  of  removal  of  voter .  63 

No.  17.  Heading  in  poll-book .  64 

No.  18.  Entry  in  poll-book  on  adjourning  for  dinner .  64 

No.  19.  Entry  in  poll-book  at  close  of  election .  64 

No.  20.  Oath  of  person  who  claims  assistance  by  reason  of 

blindrysss,  &c . . .  64 

No.  21.  Commission  of  messenger  to  obtain  missing  state¬ 
ment  of  result  of  election .  65 


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